14 ideas
| 9808 | Philosophy aims to reveal the grandeur of mathematics [Badiou] |
| 9812 | In mathematics, if a problem can be formulated, it will eventually be solved [Badiou] |
| 9813 | Mathematics shows that thinking is not confined to the finite [Badiou] |
| 9809 | Mathematics inscribes being as such [Badiou] |
| 9811 | It is of the essence of being to appear [Badiou] |
| 14617 | Predicates can't apply to what doesn't exist [Stalnaker] |
| 14616 | A 'Russellian proposition' is an ordered sequence of individual, properties and relations [Stalnaker] |
| 22384 | A 'double effect' is a foreseen but not desired side-effect, which may be forgivable [Foot] |
| 22385 | The doctrine of double effect can excuse an outcome because it wasn't directly intended [Foot] |
| 22386 | Double effect says foreseeing you will kill someone is not the same as intending it [Foot] |
| 22387 | Without double effect, bad men can make us do evil by threatening something worse [Foot] |
| 22388 | Double effect seems to rely on a distinction between what we do and what we allow [Foot] |
| 9814 | All great poetry is engaged in rivalry with mathematics [Badiou] |
| 22383 | Abortion is puzzling because we do and don't want the unborn child to have rights [Foot] |