12 ideas
10528 | Definitions concern how we should speak, not how things are [Fine,K] |
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] |
304 | Beautiful things must be different from beauty itself, but beauty itself must be present in each of them [Plato] |
9103 | A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham] |
16120 | Knowing how to achieve immortality is pointless without the knowledge how to use immortality [Plato] |
303 | Say how many teeth the other has, then count them. If you are right, we will trust your other claims [Plato] |
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] |
302 | What knowledge is required to live well? [Plato] |
301 | Only knowledge of some sort is good [Plato] |
305 | Something which lies midway between two evils is better than either of them [Plato] |