13 ideas
18859 | Metaphysics is a quest for truthmakers [Tallant] |
18861 | Maybe number statements can be paraphrased into quantifications plus identities [Tallant] |
18487 | We want to know what makes sentences true, rather than defining 'true' [McFetridge] |
18866 | Maybe only 'positive' truths need truth-makers [Tallant] |
18860 | A truthmaker is the minimal portion of reality that will do the job [Tallant] |
18863 | What is the truthmaker for a possible new power? [Tallant] |
18488 | We normally explain natural events by citing further facts [McFetridge] |
18864 | The wisdom of Plato and of Socrates are not the same property [Tallant] |
16639 | Only individual bodies exist [Bacon] |
18865 | Substance must have two properties: individuation, and property-bearing [Tallant] |
16033 | There are only individual bodies containing law-based powers, and the Forms are these laws [Bacon] |
21950 | Science must clear away the idols of the mind if they are ever going to find the truth [Bacon] |
18862 | Are propositions all the thoughts and sentences that are possible? [Tallant] |