6 ideas
6564 | To affirm 'p and not-p' is to have mislearned 'and' or 'not' [Quine] |
12205 | There are two families of modal notions, metaphysical and epistemic, of equal strength [Edgington] |
12207 | Metaphysical possibility is discovered empirically, and is contrained by nature [Edgington] |
12206 | Broadly logical necessity (i.e. not necessarily formal logical necessity) is an epistemic notion [Edgington] |
12208 | An argument is only valid if it is epistemically (a priori) necessary [Edgington] |
6649 | Chomsky now says concepts are basically innate, as well as syntax [Chomsky, by Lowe] |