7 ideas
21699 | Russell offered a paraphrase of definite description, to avoid the commitment to objects [Quine] |
21700 | Taking sentences as the unit of meaning makes useful paraphrasing possible [Quine] |
21701 | Knowing a word is knowing the meanings of sentences which contain it [Quine] |
22381 | Being a good father seems to depend on intentions, rather than actual abilities [Foot] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
22380 | Some words, such as 'knife', have a meaning which involves its function [Foot] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |