8 ideas
10580 | Mathematics is both necessary and a priori because it really consists of logical truths [Yablo] |
8714 | Fictionalists say 2+2=4 is true in the way that 'Oliver Twist lived in London' is true [Field,H] |
10579 | Putting numbers in quantifiable position (rather than many quantifiers) makes expression easier [Yablo] |
10577 | Concrete objects have few essential properties, but properties of abstractions are mostly essential [Yablo] |
10578 | We are thought to know concreta a posteriori, and many abstracta a priori [Yablo] |
13550 | To be always happy is to lack knowledge of one half of nature [Seneca] |
13549 | Nothing bad can happen to a good man [Seneca] |
13548 | The ocean changes in volume in proportion to the attraction of the moon [Seneca] |