83 ideas
11006 | Russell started a whole movement in philosophy by providing an analysis of descriptions [Read on Russell] |
7834 | Great philosophies are confessions by the author, growing out of moral intentions [Nietzsche] |
7080 | Metaphysics divided the old unified Greek world into two [Nietzsche, by Critchley] |
11090 | Why do we want truth, rather than falsehood or ignorance? The value of truth is a problem [Nietzsche] |
18944 | Russell's theories aim to preserve excluded middle (saying all sentences are T or F) [Sawyer on Russell] |
7758 | 'Elizabeth = Queen of England' is really a predication, not an identity-statement [Russell, by Lycan] |
5772 | The idea of a variable is fundamental [Russell] |
18941 | Names don't have a sense, but are disguised definite descriptions [Russell, by Sawyer] |
4945 | Russell says names are not denotations, but definite descriptions in disguise [Russell, by Kripke] |
18942 | Russell says a name contributes a complex of properties, rather than an object [Russell, by Sawyer] |
7745 | Are names descriptions, if the description is unknown, false, not special, or contains names? [McCullogh on Russell] |
10449 | Logically proper names introduce objects; definite descriptions introduce quantifications [Russell, by Bach] |
15159 | The meaning of a logically proper name is its referent, but most names are not logically proper [Russell, by Soames] |
2612 | Russell rewrote singular term names as predicates [Russell, by Ayer] |
7757 | "Nobody" is not a singular term, but a quantifier [Russell, by Lycan] |
18943 | Russell implies that all sentences containing empty names are false [Sawyer on Russell] |
6411 | Critics say definite descriptions can refer, and may not embody both uniqueness and existence claims [Grayling on Russell] |
10433 | Definite descriptions fail to refer in three situations, so they aren't essentially referring [Russell, by Sainsbury] |
1608 | The theory of descriptions eliminates the name of the entity whose existence was presupposed [Russell, by Quine] |
7754 | Russell's theory explains non-existents, negative existentials, identity problems, and substitutivity [Russell, by Lycan] |
21529 | Russell showed how to define 'the', and thereby reduce the ontology of logic [Russell, by Lackey] |
6333 | The theory of definite descriptions reduces the definite article 'the' to the concepts of predicate logic [Russell, by Horwich] |
6412 | Russell implies that 'the baby is crying' is only true if the baby is unique [Grayling on Russell] |
7743 | Russell explained descriptions with quantifiers, where Frege treated them as names [Russell, by McCullogh] |
7310 | Russell avoids non-existent objects by denying that definite descriptions are proper names [Russell, by Miller,A] |
12006 | Denying definite description sentences are subject-predicate in form blocks two big problems [Russell, by Forbes,G] |
4569 | Russell says apparent referring expressions are really assertions about properties [Russell, by Cooper,DE] |
11009 | Russell's theory must be wrong if it says all statements about non-existents are false [Read on Russell] |
21549 | The theory of descriptions lacks conventions for the scope of quantifiers [Lackey on Russell] |
12796 | Non-count descriptions don't threaten Russell's theory, which is only about singulars [Laycock on Russell] |
7532 | Denoting is crucial in Russell's account of mathematics, for identifying classes [Russell, by Monk] |
11988 | Russell's analysis means molecular sentences are ambiguous over the scope of the description [Kaplan on Russell] |
6061 | Existence is entirely expressed by the existential quantifier [Russell, by McGinn] |
7079 | Nietzsche resists nihilism through new values, for a world of becoming, without worship [Nietzsche, by Critchley] |
18775 | Russell showed that descriptions may not have ontological commitment [Russell, by Linsky,B] |
7533 | The Theory of Description dropped classes and numbers, leaving propositions, individuals and universals [Russell, by Monk] |
6063 | Russell can't attribute existence to properties [McGinn on Russell] |
18777 | If the King of France is not bald, and not not-bald, this violates excluded middle [Linsky,B on Russell] |
3016 | Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius] |
2878 | We see an approximation of a tree, not the full detail [Nietzsche] |
20140 | We shouldn't object to a false judgement, if it enhances and preserves life [Nietzsche] |
2877 | Morality becomes a problem when we compare many moralities [Nietzsche] |
20355 | The ranking of a person's innermost drives reveals their true nature [Nietzsche] |
2291 | A thought comes when 'it' wants, not when 'I' want [Nietzsche] |
2871 | Wanting 'freedom of will' is wanting to pull oneself into existence out of the swamp of nothingness by one's own hair [Nietzsche] |
20381 | It is psychology which reveals the basic problems [Nietzsche] |
4567 | Russell argued with great plausibility that we rarely, if ever, refer with our words [Russell, by Cooper,DE] |
5810 | Referring is not denoting, and Russell ignores the referential use of definite descriptions [Donnellan on Russell] |
16385 | A definite description 'denotes' an entity if it fits the description uniquely [Russell, by Recanati] |
5774 | Denoting phrases are meaningless, but guarantee meaning for propositions [Russell] |
5775 | In 'Scott is the author of Waverley', denotation is identical, but meaning is different [Russell] |
16987 | By eliminating descriptions from primitive notation, Russell seems to reject 'sense' [Russell, by Kripke] |
4570 | Russell assumes that expressions refer, but actually speakers refer by using expressions [Cooper,DE on Russell] |
16349 | Russell rejected sense/reference, because it made direct acquaintance with things impossible [Russell, by Recanati] |
7313 | 'Sense' is superfluous (rather than incoherent) [Russell, by Miller,A] |
7767 | The theory of definite descriptions aims at finding correct truth conditions [Russell, by Lycan] |
21726 | In graspable propositions the constituents are real entities of acquaintance [Russell] |
2860 | The most boring and dangerous of all errors is Plato's invention of pure spirit and goodness [Nietzsche] |
1568 | Nietzsche felt that Plato's views downgraded the human body and its brevity of life [Nietzsche, by Roochnik] |
2883 | Noble people see themselves as the determiners of values [Nietzsche] |
23440 | Nietzsche's judgement of actions by psychology instead of outcome was poisonous [Foot on Nietzsche] |
2875 | That which is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil [Nietzsche] |
2868 | Nature is totally indifferent, so you should try to be different from it, not live by it [Nietzsche] |
2882 | Morality originally judged people, and actions only later on [Nietzsche] |
2872 | In the earliest phase of human history only consequences mattered [Nietzsche] |
2885 | The noble soul has reverence for itself [Nietzsche] |
20134 | Moralities extravagantly address themselves to 'all', by falsely generalising [Nietzsche] |
2881 | Virtue has been greatly harmed by the boringness of its advocates [Nietzsche] |
20382 | The four virtues are courage, insight, sympathy, solitude [Nietzsche] |
2879 | In ancient Rome pity was considered neither good nor bad [Nietzsche] |
2859 | The idea of the categorical imperative is just that we should all be very obedient [Nietzsche] |
2884 | The morality of slaves is the morality of utility [Nietzsche] |
2880 | The greatest possibilities in man are still unexhausted [Nietzsche] |
2876 | The thought of suicide is a great reassurance on bad nights [Nietzsche] |
7078 | The freedom of the subject means the collapse of moral certainty [Nietzsche, by Critchley] |
2874 | Man is the animal whose nature has not yet been fixed [Nietzsche] |
6869 | Nietzsche thinks the human condition is to overcome and remake itself [Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson] |
20137 | The great person engages wholly with life, and is happy to endlessly relive the life they created [Nietzsche] |
20139 | Only aristocratic societies can elevate the human species [Nietzsche] |
20373 | A healthy aristocracy has no qualms about using multitudes of men as instruments [Nietzsche] |
22394 | Democracy diminishes mankind, making them mediocre and lowering their value [Nietzsche] |
5773 | The ontological argument begins with an unproven claim that 'there exists an x..' [Russell] |
2867 | Christianity is Platonism for the people [Nietzsche] |