11 ideas
21373 | We become objective when we detach ourselves from the world [Janaway] |
12154 | Are 'word token' and 'word type' different sorts of countable objects, or two ways of counting? [Geach, by Perry] |
8969 | We should abandon absolute identity, confining it to within some category [Geach, by Hawthorne] |
16075 | Denial of absolute identity has drastic implications for logic, semantics and set theory [Wasserman on Geach] |
12152 | Identity is relative. One must not say things are 'the same', but 'the same A as' [Geach] |
16073 | Leibniz's Law is incomplete, since it includes a non-relativized identity predicate [Geach, by Wasserman] |
20180 | A happy and joyous life must largely be a quiet life [Russell] |
20177 | Boredom always involves not being fully occupied [Russell] |
20179 | Happiness involves enduring boredom, and the young should be taught this [Russell] |
20176 | Boredom is an increasingly strong motivating power [Russell] |
20178 | Life is now more interesting, but boredom is more frightening [Russell] |