14 ideas
19048 | Contextual definition shifted the emphasis from words to whole sentences [Quine] |
19047 | Bentham's contextual definitions preserved terms after their denotation became doubtful [Quine] |
22868 | The value and truth of knowledge are measured by success in activity [Dewey] |
19049 | In scientific theories sentences are too brief to be independent vehicles of empirical meaning [Quine] |
19046 | Empiricism improvements: words for ideas, then sentences, then systems, then no analytic, then naturalism [Quine] |
16634 | I can't be unaware of anything which is in me [Descartes] |
22865 | Habits constitute the self [Dewey] |
19050 | Holism in language blurs empirical synthetic and empty analytic sentences [Quine] |
22871 | The good people are those who improve; the bad are those who deteriorate [Dewey] |
3635 | Essence must be known before we discuss existence [Descartes] |
22876 | Democracy is the development of human nature when it shares in the running of communal activities [Dewey] |
22875 | Democracy is not just a form of government; it is a mode of shared living [Dewey] |
22874 | Individuality is only developed within groups [Dewey] |
3634 | We can't prove a first cause from our inability to grasp infinity [Descartes] |