13 ideas
18859 | Metaphysics is a quest for truthmakers [Tallant] |
18861 | Maybe number statements can be paraphrased into quantifications plus identities [Tallant] |
18866 | Maybe only 'positive' truths need truth-makers [Tallant] |
18860 | A truthmaker is the minimal portion of reality that will do the job [Tallant] |
18863 | What is the truthmaker for a possible new power? [Tallant] |
18864 | The wisdom of Plato and of Socrates are not the same property [Tallant] |
18865 | Substance must have two properties: individuation, and property-bearing [Tallant] |
18969 | How do you distinguish three beliefs from four beliefs or two beliefs? [Quine] |
19000 | Read 'all ravens are black' as about ravens, not as about an implication [Belnap] |
18967 | A 'proposition' is said to be the timeless cognitive part of the meaning of a sentence [Quine] |
18862 | Are propositions all the thoughts and sentences that are possible? [Tallant] |
18968 | The problem with propositions is their individuation. When do two sentences express one proposition? [Quine] |
18970 | The concept of a 'point' makes no sense without the idea of absolute position [Quine] |