9 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] |
23633 | Many truths seem obvious, and point to universal agreement - which is what we find [Reid] |
19591 | Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis] |
23630 | Only philosophers treat ideas as objects [Reid] |
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] |
23629 | The ambiguity of words impedes the advancement of knowledge [Reid] |
23632 | Similar effects come from similar causes, and causes are only what are sufficient for the effects [Reid] |