24 ideas
19579 | The history of philosophy is just experiments in how to do philosophy [Novalis] |
19583 | Philosophy only begins when it studies itself [Novalis] |
14231 | We should always apply someone's theory of meaning to their own utterances [Liggins] |
8195 | Undecidable statements result from quantifying over infinites, subjunctive conditionals, and the past tense [Dummett] |
14232 | We normally formalise 'There are Fs' with singular quantification and predication, but this may be wrong [Liggins] |
19581 | A problem is a solid mass, which the mind must break up [Novalis] |
8194 | Surely there is no exact single grain that brings a heap into existence [Dummett] |
19584 | Whoever first counted to two must have seen the possibility of infinite counting [Novalis] |
8190 | Intuitionists rely on the proof of mathematical statements, not their truth [Dummett] |
22025 | Novalis thought self-consciousness cannot disclose 'being', because we are temporal creatures [Novalis, by Pinkard] |
8198 | A 'Cambridge Change' is like saying 'the landscape changes as you travel east' [Dummett] |
8192 | I no longer think what a statement about the past says is just what can justify it [Dummett] |
14233 | Nihilists needn't deny parts - they can just say that some of the xs are among the ys [Liggins] |
8199 | The existence of a universe without sentience or intelligence is an unintelligible fantasy [Dummett] |
22067 | Poetry is true idealism, and the self-consciousness of the universe [Novalis] |
8193 | Verification is not an individual but a collective activity [Dummett] |
8189 | Truth-condition theorists must argue use can only be described by appeal to conditions of truth [Dummett] |
8191 | The truth-conditions theory must get agreement on a conception of truth [Dummett] |
19585 | Every person has his own language [Novalis] |
19582 | Morality and philosophy are mutually dependent [Novalis] |
22027 | Life isn't given to us like a novel - we write the novel [Novalis] |
19580 | If the pupil really yearns for the truth, they only need a hint [Novalis] |
8197 | Maybe past (which affects us) and future (which we can affect) are both real [Dummett] |
8196 | The present cannot exist alone as a mere boundary; past and future truths are rendered meaningless [Dummett] |