6 ideas
20947 | Thoughts are learnt through words, so language shows the limits and shape of our knowledge [Herder] |
21560 | Any linguistic expression may lack meaning when taken out of context [Russell] |
21561 | 'The number one is bald' or 'the number one is fond of cream cheese' are meaningless [Russell] |
18130 | Axiom of Reducibility: there is always a function of the lowest possible order in a given level [Russell, by Bostock] |
21562 | There is no complexity without relations, so no propositions, and no truth [Russell] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |