7 ideas
17990 | Instances of minimal truth miss out propositions inexpressible in current English [Hofweber] |
17988 | Quantification can't all be substitutional; some reference is obviously to objects [Hofweber] |
17989 | Since properties have properties, there can be a typed or a type-free theory of them [Hofweber] |
3291 | Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel] |
16383 | Puzzled Pierre has two mental files about the same object [Recanati on Kripke] |
17991 | Holism says language can't be translated; the expressibility hypothesis says everything can [Hofweber] |
3290 | Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel] |