9 ideas
22026 | Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis] |
5021 | An idea is analysed perfectly when it is shown a priori that it is possible [Leibniz] |
13768 | Validity can preserve certainty in mathematics, but conditionals about contingents are another matter [Edgington] |
13770 | There are many different conditional mental states, and different conditional speech acts [Edgington] |
13764 | Are conditionals truth-functional - do the truth values of A and B determine the truth value of 'If A, B'? [Edgington] |
13765 | 'If A,B' must entail ¬(A & ¬B); otherwise we could have A true, B false, and If A,B true, invalidating modus ponens [Edgington] |
5020 | Our thoughts are either dependent, or self-evident. All thoughts seem to end in the self-evident [Leibniz] |
19591 | Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis] |
5019 | Supreme human happiness is the greatest possible increase of his perfection [Leibniz] |