14 ideas
10528 | Definitions concern how we should speak, not how things are [Fine,K] |
3745 | Must sentences make statements to qualify for truth? [O'Connor] |
3742 | Beliefs must match facts, but also words must match beliefs [O'Connor] |
3744 | The semantic theory requires sentences as truth-bearers, not propositions [O'Connor] |
3749 | What does 'true in English' mean? [O'Connor] |
3746 | Logic seems to work for unasserted sentences [O'Connor] |
10529 | If Hume's Principle can define numbers, we needn't worry about its truth [Fine,K] |
10530 | Hume's Principle is either adequate for number but fails to define properly, or vice versa [Fine,K] |
3747 | Events are fast changes which are of interest to us [O'Connor] |
9103 | A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham] |
3743 | We can't contemplate our beliefs until we have expressed them [O'Connor] |
3748 | Without language our beliefs are particular and present [O'Connor] |
9104 | A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham] |
10527 | An abstraction principle should not 'inflate', producing more abstractions than objects [Fine,K] |