12 ideas
6851 | We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk] |
22138 | Science rests on scholastic metaphysics, not on Hume, Kant or Carnap [Boulter] |
22134 | Thoughts are general, but the world isn't, so how can we think accurately? [Boulter] |
22150 | Logical possibility needs the concepts of the proposition to be adequate [Boulter] |
22139 | Experiments don't just observe; they look to see what interventions change the natural order [Boulter] |
22136 | Science begins with sufficient reason, de-animation, and the importance of nature [Boulter] |
20653 | Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson] |
22135 | Our concepts can never fully capture reality, but simplification does not falsify [Boulter] |
7535 | If all beliefs are propositional, then belief and judgement are the same thing [Monk] |
22152 | Aristotelians accept the analytic-synthetic distinction [Boulter] |
6850 | Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk] |
22156 | The facts about human health are the measure of the values in our lives [Boulter] |