9 ideas
19043 | Bivalence applies not just to sentences, but that general terms are true or false of each object [Quine] |
18779 | 'The' is a quantifier, like 'every' and 'a', and does not result in denotation [Montague] |
19042 | Terms learned by ostension tend to be vague, because that must be quick and unrefined [Quine] |
17771 | How we evaluate evidence depends on our background beliefs [Bayne] |
17770 | Clifford's dictum seems to block our beliefs in morality, politics and philosophy [Bayne] |
17766 | Physicalism correlates brain and mind, explains causation by thought, and makes nature continuous [Bayne] |
17768 | Perception reveals what animals think, but humans can disengage thought from perception [Bayne] |
17769 | Some people centre space on themselves; others centre space on the earth [Bayne] |
17767 | The alternative to a language of thought is map-like or diagram-like thought [Bayne] |