11 ideas
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
10528 | Definitions concern how we should speak, not how things are [Fine,K] |
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] |
10529 | If Hume's Principle can define numbers, we needn't worry about its truth [Fine,K] |
10530 | Hume's Principle is either adequate for number but fails to define properly, or vice versa [Fine,K] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
10527 | An abstraction principle should not 'inflate', producing more abstractions than objects [Fine,K] |
4692 | It is not true that killing and allowing to die (or acts and omissions) are morally indistinguishable [Foot] |
4694 | Making a runaway tram kill one person instead of five is diverting a fatal sequence, not initiating one [Foot] |
4693 | The right of non-interference (with a 'negative duty'), and the right to goods/services ('positive') [Foot] |