8 ideas
9148 | I think of variables as objects rather than as signs [Fine,K] |
10990 | Conditionals are truth-functional, but unassertable in tricky cases? [Grice, by Read] |
9152 | If green is abstracted from a thing, it is only seen as a type if it is common to many things [Fine,K] |
4871 | A thing is free if it acts only by the necessity of its own nature [Spinoza] |
9149 | To obtain the number 2 by abstraction, we only want to abstract the distinctness of a pair of objects [Fine,K] |
9150 | We should define abstraction in general, with number abstraction taken as a special case [Fine,K] |
9146 | After abstraction all numbers seem identical, so only 0 and 1 will exist! [Fine,K] |
10991 | Key conversational maxims are 'quality' (assert truth) and 'quantity' (leave nothing out) [Grice, by Read] |