11 ideas
13407 | All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau] |
8132 | We now have a much more sophisticated understanding of logical form in language [Burge] |
13409 | Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau] |
13406 | A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau] |
13408 | Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau] |
5960 | When the soul is intelligent and harmonious, it is part of god and derives from god [Plutarch] |
8126 | Anti-individualism says the environment is involved in the individuation of some mental states [Burge] |
8127 | Broad concepts suggest an extension of the mind into the environment (less computer-like) [Burge] |
8129 | Anti-individualism may be incompatible with some sorts of self-knowledge [Burge] |
8131 | Some qualities of experience, like blurred vision, have no function at all [Burge] |
13410 | Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau] |