18 ideas
17651 | Without words or other symbols, we have no world [Goodman] |
11257 | The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis] |
11235 | 'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis] |
17652 | Truth is irrelevant if no statements are involved [Goodman] |
11277 | Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis] |
17656 | Being primitive or prior always depends on a constructional system [Goodman] |
17661 | We don't recognise patterns - we invent them [Goodman] |
17659 | Reality is largely a matter of habit [Goodman] |
17657 | We build our world, and ignore anything that won't fit [Goodman] |
17654 | A world can be full of variety or not, depending on how we sort it [Goodman] |
11248 | Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis] |
17653 | Things can only be judged the 'same' by citing some respect of sameness [Goodman] |
17660 | Discovery is often just finding a fit, like a jigsaw puzzle [Goodman] |
17658 | Users of digital thermometers recognise no temperatures in the gaps [Goodman] |
17650 | We lack frames of reference to transform physics, biology and psychology into one another [Goodman] |
17655 | Grue and green won't be in the same world, as that would block induction entirely [Goodman] |
23420 | In a pluralist society we can't expect a community united around one conception of the good [Rawls] |
17649 | If the world is one it has many aspects, and if there are many worlds they will collect into one [Goodman] |