15 ideas
5637 | Nowadays logic is seen as the science of extensions, not intensions [Scruton] |
10735 | Abstraction from objects won't reveal an operation's being performed 'so many times' [Geach] |
12149 | Indexicals are a problem for beliefs being just subject-proposition relations [Perry] |
10732 | If concepts are just recognitional, then general judgements would be impossible [Geach] |
5636 | Cartesian 'ideas' confuse concepts and propositions [Scruton] |
10731 | For abstractionists, concepts are capacities to recognise recurrent features of the world [Geach] |
10733 | The abstractionist cannot explain 'some' and 'not' [Geach] |
10734 | Only a judgement can distinguish 'striking' from 'being struck' [Geach] |
12151 | If we replace 'I' in sentences about me, they are different beliefs and explanations of behaviour [Perry] |
18412 | Indexicals individuate certain belief states, helping in explanation and prediction [Perry] |
12150 | Indexicals reveal big problems with the traditional idea of a proposition [Perry] |
5660 | Allegiance is prior to the recognition of individual rights [Scruton] |
5653 | A right is a power which is enforced in the name of justice [Scruton] |
15203 | Tense is essential for thought and action [Perry, by Le Poidevin] |
15204 | Actual tensed sentences cannot be tenseless, because they can cite their own context [Perry, by Le Poidevin] |