10 ideas
18073 | Dummett says classical logic rests on meaning as truth, while intuitionist logic rests on assertability [Dummett, by Kitcher] |
19057 | Classical quantification is an infinite conjunction or disjunction - but you may not know all the instances [Dummett] |
14802 | Physical and psychical laws of mind are either independent, or derived in one or other direction [Peirce] |
19055 | Stating a sentence's truth-conditions is just paraphrasing the sentence [Dummett] |
19056 | If a sentence is effectively undecidable, we can never know its truth conditions [Dummett] |
19054 | Meaning as use puts use beyond criticism, and needs a holistic view of language [Dummett] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
14800 | The world is full of variety, but laws seem to produce uniformity [Peirce] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |
14801 | Darwinian evolution is chance, with the destruction of bad results [Peirce] |