10 ideas
7085 | The main problem of philosophy is what can and cannot be thought and expressed [Wittgenstein, by Grayling] |
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
9470 | Modal logic is not an extensional language [Parsons,C] |
9469 | Substitutional existential quantifier may explain the existence of linguistic entities [Parsons,C] |
9468 | On the substitutional interpretation, '(∃x) Fx' is true iff a closed term 't' makes Ft true [Parsons,C] |
23463 | Atomic facts correspond to true elementary propositions [Wittgenstein] |
4027 | Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver] |
4029 | Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |
23490 | A thought is mental constituents that relate to reality as words do [Wittgenstein] |