11 ideas
5035 | The two basics of reasoning are contradiction and sufficient reason [Leibniz] |
10429 | It is best to say that a name designates iff there is something for it to designate [Sainsbury] |
10425 | Definite descriptions may not be referring expressions, since they can fail to refer [Sainsbury] |
10438 | Definite descriptions are usually rigid in subject, but not in predicate, position [Sainsbury] |
5038 | Assume that mind and body follow their own laws, but God has harmonised them [Leibniz] |
10432 | A new usage of a name could arise from a mistaken baptism of nothing [Sainsbury] |
10434 | Even a quantifier like 'someone' can be used referentially [Sainsbury] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
10431 | Things are thought to have a function, even when they can't perform them [Sainsbury] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |
5037 | God doesn't decide that Adam will sin, but that sinful Adam's existence is to be preferred [Leibniz] |