15 ideas
7914 | To try to be wise all on one's own is folly [Rochefoucauld] |
12801 | Coherentists seek relations among beliefs that are simple, conservative and explanatory [Foley] |
15391 | A substance is, roughly, a basic being or subject at the foundation of reality [Robb] |
15392 | If an object survives the loss of a part, complex objects can have autonomy over their parts [Robb] |
19708 | Rational internal belief is conviction that a proposition enhances a belief system [Foley, by Vahid] |
12800 | Externalists want to understand knowledge, Internalists want to understand justification [Foley] |
12802 | We aren't directly pragmatic about belief, but pragmatic about the deliberation which precedes it [Foley] |
12803 | Justification comes from acceptable procedures, given practical constraints [Foley] |
7118 | La Rochefoucauld's idea of disguised self-love implies an unconscious mind [Rochefoucauld, by Sartre] |
7912 | Judging by effects, love looks more like hatred than friendship [Rochefoucauld] |
7915 | Supreme cleverness is knowledge of the real value of things [Rochefoucauld] |
7917 | Realising our future misery is a kind of happiness [Rochefoucauld] |
7913 | Virtue doesn't go far without the support of vanity [Rochefoucauld] |
7916 | True friendship is even rarer than true love [Rochefoucauld] |
9299 | We are bored by people to whom we ourselves are boring [Rochefoucauld] |