10 ideas
6851 | We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk] |
8859 | The main modal logics disagree over three key formulae [Yablo] |
8865 | If 'the number of Democrats is on the rise', does that mean that 50 million is on the rise? [Yablo] |
8863 | We must treat numbers as existing in order to express ourselves about the arrangement of planets [Yablo] |
8862 | Platonic objects are really created as existential metaphors [Yablo] |
8864 | We quantify over events, worlds, etc. in order to make logical possibilities clearer [Yablo] |
8858 | Philosophers keep finding unexpected objects, like models, worlds, functions, numbers, events, sets, properties [Yablo] |
16706 | Generation is when local motions aggregate to become a single subject [Nicholas of Autrecourt] |
8861 | Hardly a word in the language is devoid of metaphorical potential [Yablo] |
6850 | Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk] |