28 ideas
| 22864 | Philosophy is the study and criticsm of cultural beliefs, to achieve new possibilities [Dewey] |
| 22873 | Liberalism should improve the system, and not just ameliorate it [Dewey] |
| 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] |
| 22869 | Knowledge is either the product of competent enquiry, or it is meaningless [Dewey] |
| 22868 | The value and truth of knowledge are measured by success in activity [Dewey] |
| 21516 | We want certainty in order achieve secure results for action [Dewey] |
| 22867 | The quest for certainty aims for peace, and avoidance of the stress of action [Dewey] |
| 22870 | No belief can be so settled that it is not subject to further inquiry [Dewey] |
| 22866 | Mind is never isolated, but only exists in its interactions [Dewey] |
| 22865 | Habits constitute the self [Dewey] |
| 2170 | Homer does not distinguish between soul and body [Homer, by Williams,B] |
| 8478 | Dewey argued long before Wittgenstein that there could not seriously be a private language [Dewey, by Orenstein] |
| 2171 | The 'will' doesn't exist; there is just conclusion, then action [Homer, by Williams,B] |
| 21819 | Plato says the Good produces the Intellectual-Principle, which in turn produces the Soul [Homer, by Plotinus] |
| 22871 | The good people are those who improve; the bad are those who deteriorate [Dewey] |
| 11388 | Let there be one ruler [Homer] |
| 22876 | Democracy is the development of human nature when it shares in the running of communal activities [Dewey] |
| 22875 | Democracy is not just a form of government; it is a mode of shared living [Dewey] |
| 22872 | Liberals aim to allow individuals to realise their capacities [Dewey] |
| 22874 | Individuality is only developed within groups [Dewey] |
| 22880 | The things in civilisation we prize are the products of other members of our community [Dewey] |
| 16663 | Things are limited by the species to certain modes of being [Olivi] |
| 22879 | 'God' is an imaginative unity of ideal values [Dewey] |
| 14829 | Homer so enjoys the company of the gods that he must have been deeply irreligious [Homer, by Nietzsche] |
| 22877 | We should try attaching the intensity of religious devotion to intelligent social action [Dewey] |
| 22878 | Religions are so shockingly diverse that they have no common element [Dewey] |