10 ideas
10496 | Monothetic categories have fixed defining features, and polythetic categories do not [Ellen] |
10497 | In symbolic classification, the categories are linked to rules [Ellen] |
10494 | Several words may label a category; one word can name several categories; some categories lack words [Ellen] |
10495 | Continuous experience sometimes needs imposition of boundaries to create categories [Ellen] |
10498 | Classification is no longer held to be rooted in social institutions [Ellen] |
22363 | You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin] |
5126 | A carelessly thrown brick is condemned much more if it hits someone [Smith,A, by Harman] |
20991 | People prepare our dinner from their own self-interest, not from humanity [Smith,A] |
20680 | Selfish profit-seeking increases collective wealth, so greed is good, and egoism is altruism [Smith,A, by Harari] |
20644 | Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin] |