14 ideas
2661 | Dialectic is speech cast in the form of logical argument [Cicero] |
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
2673 | There cannot be more than one truth [Cicero] |
2669 | Dialectic assumes that all statements are either true or false, but self-referential paradoxes are a big problem [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] |
2664 | If we have complete healthy senses, what more could the gods give us? [Cicero] |
2665 | How can there be a memory of what is false? [Cicero] |
20800 | Every true presentation can have a false one of the same quality [Cicero] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
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] |
2672 | Virtues must be very detached, to avoid being motivated by pleasure [Cicero] |
4693 | The right of non-interference (with a 'negative duty'), and the right to goods/services ('positive') [Foot] |