7 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] |
9103 | A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham] |
6649 | Chomsky now says concepts are basically innate, as well as syntax [Chomsky, by Lowe] |
9104 | A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham] |
11214 | We learn 'not' along with affirmation, by learning to either affirm or deny a sentence [Rumfitt] |