On one standard account, any psychological verb that can be inserted into the φ place in the schema 'S φs that p' is an attitude (e.g., 'thinks', 'hopes', 'wishes', 'prefers', 'delights', 'enjoys') to a proposition p. Some accept the universal thesis that all intentional states are propositional attitudes.
Leibniz's theory of mind entails that every mind represents the universe (the "universal expression" thesis), which would always necessarily include a self-expression.
But the general thesis of structuralism is unaffected, for it still remains true that each language has its own unique semantic structure even though the total structure is, in each case, built upon a substructure of universal distinctions.
The simple picture, however, may be accepted without accepting any universal hedonist thesis, such as are indicated in this entry's second introductory paragraph.
So the fact of variability of desire is not on its own enough to cast doubt on the natural law universal goods thesis: as the good is not defined fundamentally by reference to desire, the fact of variation in desire is not enough to raise questions about universal goods.
With these arguments spelt out, Socrates allows himself definitively to deny the truth of the universal-flux thesis, while Cratylus, disregarding Socrates' warnings, reaffirms his own commitment to it.
Assuming the Church-Turing thesis, universal Turing machines can compute any function computable by algorithm.
First, MMR might be defended as a consequence of the general relativist thesis that the truth or justification of all judgments is not absolute or universal, but relative to some group of persons.
GGV Managing Partner Jeff Richards says, "Brightwheel's basic thesis is universal.
Clearly, Vasubandhu's argument for thesis of universal delusion (or idealism) does not succeed completely, nor are the realists totally defeated.
The thesis of universal causation (no uncaused events) and its implications for freedom are unaffected by genetics: it makes no sense to claim that all events have genetic causes, and were it to turn out that certain events i.e.e
