6 ideas
21699 | Russell offered a paraphrase of definite description, to avoid the commitment to objects [Quine] |
3291 | Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel] |
21700 | Taking sentences as the unit of meaning makes useful paraphrasing possible [Quine] |
21701 | Knowing a word is knowing the meanings of sentences which contain it [Quine] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
3290 | Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel] |