8 ideas
10528 | Definitions concern how we should speak, not how things are [Fine,K] |
19043 | Bivalence applies not just to sentences, but that general terms are true or false of each object [Quine] |
10529 | If Hume's Principle can define numbers, we needn't worry about its truth [Fine,K] |
10530 | Hume's Principle is either adequate for number but fails to define properly, or vice versa [Fine,K] |
19042 | Terms learned by ostension tend to be vague, because that must be quick and unrefined [Quine] |
10527 | An abstraction principle should not 'inflate', producing more abstractions than objects [Fine,K] |
20645 | Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule] |
20972 | Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau] |