10 ideas
22115 | Wise people should contemplate and discuss the truth, and fight against falsehood [Aquinas] |
10838 | To explain a concept, we need its purpose, not just its rules of usage [Dummett] |
10837 | It is part of the concept of truth that we aim at making true statements [Dummett] |
10840 | We must be able to specify truths in a precise language, like winning moves in a game [Dummett] |
19171 | Tarski's truth is like rules for winning games, without saying what 'winning' means [Dummett, by Davidson] |
20700 | Without God's influence every operation would stop, so God causes everything [Aquinas] |
10839 | You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett] |
15202 | Eternity coexists with passing time, as the centre of a circle coexists with its circumference [Aquinas] |
16713 | Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian] |
6610 | I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian] |