14 ideas
17809 | Gödel showed that the syntactic approach to the infinite is of limited value [Kreisel] |
17810 | The study of mathematical foundations needs new non-mathematical concepts [Kreisel] |
20752 | For man, being is not what he is, but what he is going to be [Ortega y Gassett] |
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] |
20756 | Instead of having a nature, man only has a history [Ortega y Gassett] |
22198 | Aristotelian physics has circular celestial motion and linear earthly motion [Gorham] |
17811 | The natural conception of points ducks the problem of naming or constructing each point [Kreisel] |