12 ideas
20955 | Art can make reason more all-inclusive, by articulating what seemed inexpressible [Bowie] |
9169 | A statement can be metaphysically necessary and epistemologically contingent [Putnam] |
5819 | Conceivability is no proof of possibility [Putnam] |
20950 | German Idealism says our thinking and nature have the same rational structure [Bowie] |
20942 | Nazis think race predetermines the self [Bowie] |
9168 | I can't distinguish elm trees, but I mean by 'elm' the same set of trees as everybody else [Putnam] |
5820 | 'Water' has an unnoticed indexical component, referring to stuff around here [Putnam] |
9170 | We need to recognise the contribution of society and of the world in determining reference [Putnam] |
20946 | Rhetoric is built into language, so it cannot be stripped from philosophy [Bowie] |
5817 | Language is more like a cooperative steamship than an individual hammer [Putnam] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
5818 | If water is H2O in the actual world, there is no possible world where it isn't H2O [Putnam] |