8 ideas
| 20435 | If philosophy could be summarised it would be pointless [Adorno] |
| 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] |
| 14617 | Predicates can't apply to what doesn't exist [Stalnaker] |
| 10839 | You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett] |
| 14616 | A 'Russellian proposition' is an ordered sequence of individual, properties and relations [Stalnaker] |