13 ideas
| 5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
| 16985 | Possible worlds allowed the application of set-theoretic models to modal logic [Kripke] |
| 5829 | We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP] |
| 5830 | The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP] |
| 16982 | A man has two names if the historical chains are different - even if they are the same! [Kripke] |
| 9558 | All scientific tests will verify mathematics, so it is a background, not something being tested [Sober] |
| 16981 | With the necessity of self-identity plus Leibniz's Law, identity has to be an 'internal' relation [Kripke] |
| 4942 | The indiscernibility of identicals is as self-evident as the law of contradiction [Kripke] |
| 16984 | I don't think possible worlds reductively reveal the natures of modal operators etc. [Kripke] |
| 9385 | The very act of designating of an object with properties gives knowledge of a contingent truth [Kripke] |
| 4943 | Instead of talking about possible worlds, we can always say "It is possible that.." [Kripke] |
| 16983 | Probability with dice uses possible worlds, abstractions which fictionally simplify things [Kripke] |
| 5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |