11 ideas
22026 | Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis] |
23295 | Truth cannot be reduced to anything simpler [Davidson] |
23298 | Neither Aristotle nor Tarski introduce the facts needed for a correspondence theory [Davidson] |
23297 | The language to define truth needs a finite vocabulary, to make the definition finite [Davidson] |
23296 | We can elucidate indefinable truth, but showing its relation to other concepts [Davidson] |
16978 | If conceivability is a priori coherence, that implies possibility [Tahko] |
23294 | It is common to doubt truth when discussing it, but totally accept it when discussing knowledge [Davidson] |
16975 | Essences are used to explain natural kinds, modality, and causal powers [Tahko] |
19591 | Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis] |
16976 | Scientific essentialists tend to characterise essence in terms of modality (not vice versa) [Tahko] |
16977 | If essence is modal and laws are necessary, essentialist knowledge is found by scientists [Tahko] |