15 ideas
14600 | Analysis aims at secure necessary and sufficient conditions [Schaffer,J] |
6859 | Analytic philosophy has much higher standards of thinking than continental philosophy [Williamson] |
14603 | 'Reification' occurs if we mistake a concept for a thing [Schaffer,J] |
14607 | T adds □p→p for reflexivity, and is ideal for modeling lawhood [Schaffer,J] |
6862 | Fuzzy logic uses a continuum of truth, but it implies contradictions [Williamson] |
6858 | Formal logic struck me as exactly the language I wanted to think in [Williamson] |
14604 | If a notion is ontologically basic, it should be needed in our best attempt at science [Schaffer,J] |
14599 | Three types of reduction: Theoretical (of terms), Definitional (of concepts), Ontological (of reality) [Schaffer,J] |
6863 | Close to conceptual boundaries judgement is too unreliable to give knowledge [Williamson] |
14605 | Tropes are the same as events [Schaffer,J] |
14601 | Individuation aims to count entities, by saying when there is one [Schaffer,J] |
6861 | What sort of logic is needed for vague concepts, and what sort of concept of truth? [Williamson] |
14606 | Only ideal conceivability could indicate what is possible [Schaffer,J] |
6860 | How can one discriminate yellow from red, but not the colours in between? [Williamson] |
20057 | Philosophy of action studies the roles of psychological states in causing behaviour [Mele] |