12 ideas
10735 | Abstraction from objects won't reveal an operation's being performed 'so many times' [Geach] |
22868 | The value and truth of knowledge are measured by success in activity [Dewey] |
9379 | A sentence is obvious if it is true, and any speaker of the language will instantly agree to it [Quine] |
10732 | If concepts are just recognitional, then general judgements would be impossible [Geach] |
22865 | Habits constitute the self [Dewey] |
10731 | For abstractionists, concepts are capacities to recognise recurrent features of the world [Geach] |
10733 | The abstractionist cannot explain 'some' and 'not' [Geach] |
10734 | Only a judgement can distinguish 'striking' from 'being struck' [Geach] |
22871 | The good people are those who improve; the bad are those who deteriorate [Dewey] |
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] |