11 ideas
12430 | Classical logic is our preconditions for assessing empirical evidence [Kitcher] |
12431 | I believe classical logic because I was taught it and use it, but it could be undermined [Kitcher] |
12428 | Many necessities are inexpressible, and unknowable a priori [Kitcher] |
12429 | Knowing our own existence is a priori, but not necessary [Kitcher] |
20440 | Art is a referential activity, hence indefinable, but it has a set of symptoms [Goodman] |
20439 | Artistic symbols are judged by the fruitfulness of their classifications [Goodman, by Giovannelli] |
20438 | A performance is only an instance of a work if there is not a single error [Goodman] |
20437 | A copy only becomes an 'instance' of an artwork if there is a system of notation [Goodman] |
17371 | Some kinds are very explanatory, but others less so, and some not at all [Devitt] |
17373 | Species pluralism says there are several good accounts of what a species is [Devitt] |
17372 | The higher categories are not natural kinds, so the Linnaean hierarchy should be given up [Devitt] |