9 ideas
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 13591 | Quantified modal logic collapses if essence is withdrawn [Quine] |
| 13590 | Essences can make sense in a particular context or enquiry, as the most basic predicates [Quine] |
| 8483 | Necessity is relative to context; it is what is assumed in an inquiry [Quine] |
| 13589 | Possible worlds are a way to dramatise essentialism, and yet they presuppose essentialism [Quine] |
| 13588 | A rigid designator (for all possible worlds) picks out an object by its essential traits [Quine] |
| 13592 | Beliefs can be ascribed to machines [Quine] |
| 6901 | Understanding is needed for imagination, just as much as the other way around [Betteridge] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |