13 ideas
| 20660 | At one level maths and nature are very similar, suggesting some deeper origin [Wolfram] |
| 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] |
| 22197 | Theories aren't just for organising present experience if they concern the past or future [Gorham] |
| 22196 | For most scientists their concepts are not just useful, but are meant to be true and accurate [Gorham] |
| 22193 | Consilience makes the component sciences more likely [Gorham] |
| 22198 | Aristotelian physics has circular celestial motion and linear earthly motion [Gorham] |
| 20645 | Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule] |
| 20972 | Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau] |
| 20659 | Space and its contents seem to be one stuff - so space is the only existing thing [Wolfram] |