7 ideas
22026 | Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis] |
21699 | Russell offered a paraphrase of definite description, to avoid the commitment to objects [Quine] |
14286 | In nearby worlds where A is true, 'if A,B' is true or false if B is true or false [Stalnaker] |
14285 | A possible world is the ontological analogue of hypothetical beliefs [Stalnaker] |
19591 | Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis] |
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] |