15 ideas
5300 | Philosophers have interpreted the world, but the point is to change it [Marx] |
18274 | Analysis complicates a statement, but only as far as the complexity of its meaning [Wittgenstein] |
5297 | Whether human thinking can be 'true' must be decided in practice, not theory [Marx] |
16908 | We can dispense with self-evidence, if language itself prevents logical mistakes [Jeshion on Wittgenstein] |
18276 | A statement's logical form derives entirely from its constituents [Wittgenstein] |
6563 | 'And' and 'not' are non-referring terms, which do not represent anything [Wittgenstein, by Fogelin] |
23472 | The sense of propositions relies on the world's basic logical structure [Wittgenstein] |
23500 | My main problem is the order of the world, and whether it is knowable a priori [Wittgenstein] |
22323 | The philosophical I is the metaphysical subject, the limit - not a part of the world [Wittgenstein] |
22598 | The authentic self exists at the level of class, rather than the individual [Marx, by Dunt] |
6649 | Chomsky now says concepts are basically innate, as well as syntax [Chomsky, by Lowe] |
23481 | Propositions assemble a world experimentally, like the model of a road accident [Wittgenstein] |
5298 | The human essence is not found in individuals but in social relations [Marx] |
4678 | Absolute prohibitions are the essence of ethics, and suicide is the most obvious example [Wittgenstein] |
5299 | Religious feeling is social in origin [Marx] |