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] |
9379 | A sentence is obvious if it is true, and any speaker of the language will instantly agree to it [Quine] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
11214 | We learn 'not' along with affirmation, by learning to either affirm or deny a sentence [Rumfitt] |