6 ideas
11211 | If a sound conclusion comes from two errors that cancel out, the path of the argument must matter [Rumfitt] |
11212 | The sense of a connective comes from primitively obvious rules of inference [Rumfitt] |
11210 | Standardly 'and' and 'but' are held to have the same sense by having the same truth table [Rumfitt] |
16756 | Substantial forms must exist, to explain the stability of metals like silver and tin [Albertus Magnus] |
3648 | Empiricists are collecting ants; rationalists are spinning spiders; and bees do both [Bacon] |
11214 | We learn 'not' along with affirmation, by learning to either affirm or deny a sentence [Rumfitt] |