9 ideas
| 10838 | To explain a concept, we need its purpose, not just its rules of usage [Dummett] |
| 19404 | Necessities rest on contradiction, and contingencies on sufficient reason [Leibniz] |
| 10837 | It is part of the concept of truth that we aim at making true statements [Dummett] |
| 10840 | We must be able to specify truths in a precise language, like winning moves in a game [Dummett] |
| 19171 | Tarski's truth is like rules for winning games, without saying what 'winning' means [Dummett, by Davidson] |
| 7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
| 3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
| 10839 | You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett] |
| 19403 | Each of the infinite possible worlds has its own laws, and the individuals contain those laws [Leibniz] |