13 ideas
21548 | The null class is the class with all the non-existents as its members [MacColl, by Lackey] |
17807 | To study formal systems, look at the whole thing, and not just how it is constructed in steps [Curry] |
17806 | It is untenable that mathematics is general physical truths, because it needs infinity [Curry] |
17808 | Saying mathematics is logic is merely replacing one undefined term by another [Curry] |
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] |
22198 | Aristotelian physics has circular celestial motion and linear earthly motion [Gorham] |