13 ideas
10001 | An adjective contributes semantically to a noun phrase [Hofweber] |
18946 | Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer] |
10007 | Quantifiers for domains and for inference come apart if there are no entities [Hofweber] |
10002 | '2 + 2 = 4' can be read as either singular or plural [Hofweber] |
9998 | What is the relation of number words as singular-terms, adjectives/determiners, and symbols? [Hofweber] |
10003 | Why is arithmetic hard to learn, but then becomes easy? [Hofweber] |
10008 | Arithmetic is not about a domain of entities, as the quantifiers are purely inferential [Hofweber] |
10005 | Arithmetic doesn’t simply depend on objects, since it is true of fictional objects [Hofweber] |
10000 | We might eliminate adjectival numbers by analysing them into blocks of quantifiers [Hofweber] |
10006 | First-order logic captures the inferential relations of numbers, but not the semantics [Hofweber] |
10558 | Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta] |
10004 | Our minds are at their best when reasoning about objects [Hofweber] |
10557 | Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta] |