9 ideas
20435 | If philosophy could be summarised it would be pointless [Adorno] |
18889 | Ostensive definitions needn't involve pointing, but must refer to something specific [Salmon,N] |
14627 | S4, and therefore S5, are invalid for metaphysical modality [Salmon,N, by Williamson] |
16007 | I assume existence, rather than reasoning towards it [Kierkegaard] |
18888 | Essentialism says some properties must be possessed, if a thing is to exist [Salmon,N] |
16013 | Nothing necessary can come into existence, since it already 'is' [Kierkegaard] |
18886 | Frege's 'sense' solves four tricky puzzles [Salmon,N] |
18887 | The perfect case of direct reference is a variable which has been assigned a value [Salmon,N] |
18891 | Nothing in the direct theory of reference blocks anti-essentialism; water structure might have been different [Salmon,N] |