15 ideas
| 16659 | Relations do not add anything to reality, though they are real aspects of the world [Olivi] |
| 16672 | Quantity is the quantified parts of a thing, plus location and coordination [Olivi] |
| 16673 | Quantity just adds union and location to the extension of parts [Olivi] |
| 22189 | Why abandon a theory if you don't have a better one? [Gorham] |
| 22190 | If a theory is more informative it is less probable [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] |
| 6027 | From the fact that some men die, we cannot infer that they all do [Philodemus] |
| 22193 | Consilience makes the component sciences more likely [Gorham] |
| 22241 | Don't fear god or worry about death; the good is easily got and the terrible easily cured [Philodemus] |
| 22198 | Aristotelian physics has circular celestial motion and linear earthly motion [Gorham] |
| 16663 | Things are limited by the species to certain modes of being [Olivi] |