10 ideas
11257 | The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis] |
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
11235 | 'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis] |
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] |
11277 | Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis] |
11248 | Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
13965 | Semantics as theory of meaning and semantics as truth-based logical consequence are very different [Soames] |
13964 | Semantic content is a proposition made of sentence constituents (not some set of circumstances) [Soames] |