11 ideas
17892 | For clear questions posed by reason, reason can also find clear answers [Gödel] |
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
9188 | Gödel proved that first-order logic is complete, and second-order logic incomplete [Gödel, by Dummett] |
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] |
10620 | Originally truth was viewed with total suspicion, and only demonstrability was accepted [Gödel] |
17883 | Gödel's Theorems did not refute the claim that all good mathematical questions have answers [Gödel, by Koellner] |
17885 | Gödel eventually hoped for a generalised completeness theorem leaving nothing undecidable [Gödel, by Koellner] |
10614 | The real reason for Incompleteness in arithmetic is inability to define truth in a language [Gödel] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
22456 | Maybe virtues conflict with each other, if some virtue needs a vice for its achievement [Foot] |