12 ideas
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
21677 | How can the not-true fail to be false, or the not-false fail to be true? [Cicero] |
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] |
3296 | Sense-data are a false objectification of what is essentially subjective [Nagel] |
3295 | Inner v outer brings astonishment that we are a particular person [Nagel] |
3293 | If you assert that we have an ego, you can still ask if that future ego will be me [Nagel] |
3292 | The most difficult problem of free will is saying what the problem is [Nagel] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
21667 | Oratory and philosophy are closely allied; orators borrow from philosophy, and ornament it [Cicero] |
21678 | If desire is not in our power then neither are choices, so we should not be praised or punished [Cicero] |
3294 | As far as possible we should become instruments to realise what is best from an eternal point of view [Nagel] |