9 ideas
13591 | Quantified modal logic collapses if essence is withdrawn [Quine] |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] |
12165 | Romantics say music expresses ideas, or the Will, or intuitions, or feelings [Scruton] |
12164 | Expressing melancholy is a good thing, but arousing it is a bad thing [Scruton] |
1590 | The just man does not harm his enemies, but benefits everyone [Plato] |