17 ideas
18274 | Analysis complicates a statement, but only as far as the complexity of its meaning [Wittgenstein] |
16908 | We can dispense with self-evidence, if language itself prevents logical mistakes [Jeshion on Wittgenstein] |
18276 | A statement's logical form derives entirely from its constituents [Wittgenstein] |
6563 | 'And' and 'not' are non-referring terms, which do not represent anything [Wittgenstein, by Fogelin] |
21642 | If quantification is all substitutional, there is no ontology [Quine] |
1633 | Absolute ontological questions are meaningless, because the answers are circular definitions [Quine] |
23472 | The sense of propositions relies on the world's basic logical structure [Wittgenstein] |
18964 | Ontology is relative to both a background theory and a translation manual [Quine] |
10494 | Several words may label a category; one word can name several categories; some categories lack words [Ellen] |
18965 | We know what things are by distinguishing them, so identity is part of ontology [Quine] |
23500 | My main problem is the order of the world, and whether it is knowable a priori [Wittgenstein] |
1634 | Two things are relative - the background theory, and translating the object theory into the background theory [Quine] |
22323 | The philosophical I is the metaphysical subject, the limit - not a part of the world [Wittgenstein] |
23481 | Propositions assemble a world experimentally, like the model of a road accident [Wittgenstein] |
8470 | Reference is inscrutable, because we cannot choose between theories of numbers [Quine, by Orenstein] |
18963 | Indeterminacy translating 'rabbit' depends on translating individuation terms [Quine] |
4678 | Absolute prohibitions are the essence of ethics, and suicide is the most obvious example [Wittgenstein] |