11 ideas
17505 | Using proper names properly doesn't involve necessary and sufficient conditions [Putnam] |
23647 | Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid] |
11908 | Putnam bases essences on 'same kind', but same kinds may not share properties [Mackie,P on Putnam] |
11958 | Impossibilites are easily conceived in mathematics and geometry [Reid, by Molnar] |
17508 | Science aims at truth, not at 'simplicity' [Putnam] |
7319 | If we give up synonymy, we have to give up significance, meaning and sense [Grice/Strawson] |
23646 | Reference is by name, or a term-plus-circumstance, or ostensively, or by description [Reid] |
17506 | I now think reference by the tests of experts is a special case of being causally connected [Putnam] |
23645 | A word's meaning is the thing conceived, as fixed by linguistic experts [Reid] |
17507 | Natural kind stereotypes are 'strong' (obvious, like tiger) or 'weak' (obscure, like molybdenum) [Putnam] |
11904 | Express natural kinds as a posteriori predicate connections, not as singular terms [Putnam, by Mackie,P] |