20 ideas
2516 | Most of philosophy begins where science leaves off [Katz] |
2510 | Traditionally philosophy is an a priori enquiry into general truths about reality [Katz] |
23531 | Philosophers should interpret the world, by expressing its possibilities [Berardi] |
2521 | 'Real' maths objects have no causal role, no determinate reference, and no abstract/concrete distinction [Katz] |
23538 | Nothingness only exists in consciousness [Berardi] |
2513 | We don't have a clear enough sense of meaning to pronounce some sentences meaningless or just analytic [Katz] |
2522 | Experience cannot teach us why maths and logic are necessary [Katz] |
23532 | The delusion of free will brings a sense of guilt [Berardi] |
14802 | Physical and psychical laws of mind are either independent, or derived in one or other direction [Peirce] |
2517 | Structuralists see meaning behaviouristically, and Chomsky says nothing about it [Katz] |
2519 | It is generally accepted that sense is defined as the determiner of reference [Katz] |
2520 | Sense determines meaning and synonymy, not referential properties like denotation and truth [Katz] |
2518 | Sentences are abstract types (like musical scores), not individual tokens [Katz] |
23537 | American white men trusted the philosophy of winning, and then discovered losing [Berardi] |
23536 | Community is now a nostalgic memory, which no longer exists [Berardi] |
23534 | Communism failed to unite western workers with the oppressed of the south [Berardi] |
23533 | The economy has replaced medieval theocracy at the centre of our society [Berardi] |
23535 | Western workers turn to nationalism, to avert the effects of globalisation [Berardi] |
14800 | The world is full of variety, but laws seem to produce uniformity [Peirce] |
14801 | Darwinian evolution is chance, with the destruction of bad results [Peirce] |