6 ideas
18702 | Names, descriptions and predicates refer to things; without that, language and thought are baffling [Davidson] |
15538 | Semantic indecision explains vagueness (if we have precisifications to be undecided about) [Lewis] |
15537 | If cats are vague, we deny that the many cats are one, or deny that the one cat is many [Lewis] |
15536 | We have one cloud, but many possible boundaries and aggregates for it [Lewis] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
15539 | Basic to pragmatics is taking a message in a way that makes sense of it [Lewis] |