13 ideas
19426 | 'Nominal' definitions just list distinguishing characteristics [Leibniz] |
22246 | A train of reasoning must be treated as all happening simultaneously [Recanati] |
19424 | Knowledge needs clarity, distinctness, and adequacy, and it should be intuitive [Leibniz] |
22247 | Indexicality is not just a feature of language; examples show it also occurs in thought [Recanati] |
22248 | How can we communicate indexical thoughts to people not in the right context? [Recanati] |
22242 | Mental files are concepts, which are either collections or (better) containers [Recanati] |
22243 | The Frege case of believing a thing is both F and not-F is explained by separate mental files [Recanati] |
19427 | True ideas represent what is possible; false ideas represent contradictions [Leibniz] |
22245 | A linguistic expression refers to what its associated mental file refers to [Recanati] |
19216 | Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson] |
22250 | There are speakers' thoughts and hearers' thoughts, but no further thought attached to the utterance [Recanati] |
22249 | The Naive view of communication is that hearers acquire exactly the thoughts of the speaker [Recanati] |
19425 | In the schools the Four Causes are just lumped together in a very obscure way [Leibniz] |