9 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] |
5044 | Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz] |
16650 | 'Unity' is a particularly difficult word, because things can have hidden unity [Duns Scotus] |
5045 | No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz] |
5046 | The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz] |
11214 | We learn 'not' along with affirmation, by learning to either affirm or deny a sentence [Rumfitt] |
5043 | To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz] |