5 ideas
9182 | Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett] |
7388 | McGinn invites surrender, by saying it is hopeless trying to imagine conscious machines [Dennett on McGinn] |
3185 | Multiple realisability rules out hidden essences and experts as the source of water- and gold-concepts [McGinn] |
9181 | The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett] |
22489 | 'Good' is an attributive adjective like 'large', not predicative like 'red' [Geach, by Foot] |