16 ideas
11257 | The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis] |
10633 | 'Some critics admire only one another' cannot be paraphrased in singular first-order [Linnebo] |
11235 | 'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis] |
10638 | A pure logic is wholly general, purely formal, and directly known [Linnebo] |
10635 | Second-order quantification and plural quantification are different [Linnebo] |
10641 | Traditionally we eliminate plurals by quantifying over sets [Linnebo] |
10640 | Instead of complex objects like tables, plurally quantify over mereological atoms tablewise [Linnebo] |
10636 | Plural plurals are unnatural and need a first-level ontology [Linnebo] |
10639 | Plural quantification may allow a monadic second-order theory with first-order ontology [Linnebo] |
11277 | Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis] |
10643 | We speak of a theory's 'ideological commitments' as well as its 'ontological commitments' [Linnebo] |
10637 | Ordinary speakers posit objects without concern for ontology [Linnebo] |
11248 | Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis] |
10634 | Predicates are 'distributive' or 'non-distributive'; do individuals do what the group does? [Linnebo] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |