21 ideas
23531 | Philosophers should interpret the world, by expressing its possibilities [Berardi] |
9038 | We must distinguish what the speaker denotes by a name, from what the name denotes [Evans] |
5824 | How can an expression be a name, if names can change their denotation? [Evans] |
9042 | A private intention won't give a name a denotation; the practice needs it to be made public [Evans] |
9041 | The Causal Theory of Names is wrong, since the name 'Madagascar' actually changed denotation [Evans] |
23538 | Nothingness only exists in consciousness [Berardi] |
23647 | Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid] |
11958 | Impossibilites are easily conceived in mathematics and geometry [Reid, by Molnar] |
23532 | The delusion of free will brings a sense of guilt [Berardi] |
23646 | Reference is by name, or a term-plus-circumstance, or ostensively, or by description [Reid] |
5823 | The intended referent of a name needs to be the cause of the speaker's information about it [Evans] |
5825 | Speakers intend to refer to items that are the source of their information [Evans] |
23645 | A word's meaning is the thing conceived, as fixed by linguistic experts [Reid] |
9039 | If descriptions are sufficient for reference, then I must accept a false reference if the descriptions fit [Evans] |
9043 | We use expressions 'deferentially', to conform to the use of other people [Evans] |
9040 | Charity should minimize inexplicable error, rather than maximising true beliefs [Evans] |
23537 | American white men trusted the philosophy of winning, and then discovered losing [Berardi] |
23536 | Community is now a nostalgic memory, which no longer exists [Berardi] |
23534 | Communism failed to unite western workers with the oppressed of the south [Berardi] |
23533 | The economy has replaced medieval theocracy at the centre of our society [Berardi] |
23535 | Western workers turn to nationalism, to avert the effects of globalisation [Berardi] |