7 ideas
8203 | All the arithmetical entities can be reduced to classes of integers, and hence to sets [Quine] |
19691 | Unlike knowledge, you can achieve understanding through luck [Grimm] |
19690 | 'Grasping' a structure seems to be modal, because we must anticipate its behaviour [Grimm] |
19692 | You may have 'weak' understanding, if by luck you can answer a set of 'why questions' [Grimm] |
8202 | Meaning is essence divorced from things and wedded to words [Quine] |
19216 | Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson] |
8201 | The distinction between meaning and further information is as vague as the essence/accident distinction [Quine] |