10 ideas
3653 | My Meditations are the complete foundation of my physics [Descartes] |
18889 | Ostensive definitions needn't involve pointing, but must refer to something specific [Salmon,N] |
4736 | Truth is such a transcendentally clear notion that it cannot be further defined [Descartes] |
14627 | S4, and therefore S5, are invalid for metaphysical modality [Salmon,N, by Williamson] |
18888 | Essentialism says some properties must be possessed, if a thing is to exist [Salmon,N] |
18886 | Frege's 'sense' solves four tricky puzzles [Salmon,N] |
18887 | The perfect case of direct reference is a variable which has been assigned a value [Salmon,N] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
18891 | Nothing in the direct theory of reference blocks anti-essentialism; water structure might have been different [Salmon,N] |
3652 | I can't prove the soul is indestructible, only that it is separate from the mortal body [Descartes] |