8 ideas
19043 | Bivalence applies not just to sentences, but that general terms are true or false of each object [Quine] |
21982 | I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L] |
19042 | Terms learned by ostension tend to be vague, because that must be quick and unrefined [Quine] |
12163 | Literary meaning emerges in comparisons, and tradition shows which comparisons are relevant [Scruton] |
12162 | In literature, word replacement changes literary meaning [Scruton] |
12159 | Without intentions we can't perceive sculpture, but that is not the whole story [Scruton] |
12160 | In aesthetic interest, even what is true is treated as though it were not [Scruton] |
12161 | We can be objective about conventions, but love of art is needed to understand its traditions [Scruton] |