10 ideas
9808 | Philosophy aims to reveal the grandeur of mathematics [Badiou] |
19043 | Bivalence applies not just to sentences, but that general terms are true or false of each object [Quine] |
12221 | 'Corner quotes' (quasi-quotation) designate 'whatever these terms designate' [Quine] |
19321 | We might do without names, by converting them into predicates [Quine, by Kirkham] |
9812 | In mathematics, if a problem can be formulated, it will eventually be solved [Badiou] |
9813 | Mathematics shows that thinking is not confined to the finite [Badiou] |
9809 | Mathematics inscribes being as such [Badiou] |
9811 | It is of the essence of being to appear [Badiou] |
19042 | Terms learned by ostension tend to be vague, because that must be quick and unrefined [Quine] |
9814 | All great poetry is engaged in rivalry with mathematics [Badiou] |