14 ideas
| 21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
| 21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
| 22190 | If a theory is more informative it is less probable [Gorham] |
| 22189 | Why abandon a theory if you don't have a better one? [Gorham] |
| 22192 | Is Newton simpler with universal simultaneity, or Einstein simpler without absolute time? [Gorham] |
| 22194 | Structural Realism says mathematical structures persist after theory rejection [Gorham] |
| 22195 | Structural Realists must show the mathematics is both crucial and separate [Gorham] |
| 22196 | For most scientists their concepts are not just useful, but are meant to be true and accurate [Gorham] |
| 22197 | Theories aren't just for organising present experience if they concern the past or future [Gorham] |
| 22193 | Consilience makes the component sciences more likely [Gorham] |
| 15675 | We don't condemn people for being bad at reasoning [Finlayson] |
| 15674 | One can universalise good advice, but that doesn't make it an obligation [Finlayson] |
| 15662 | The 'culture industry' is an advertisement for the way things are [Finlayson] |
| 22198 | Aristotelian physics has circular celestial motion and linear earthly motion [Gorham] |