9 ideas
5438 | Hermeneutics of tradition is sympathetic, hermeneutics of suspicion is hostile [Ricoeur, by Mautner] |
10245 | One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré] |
15923 | Poincaré rejected the actual infinite, claiming definitions gave apparent infinity to finite objects [Poincaré, by Lavine] |
10180 | Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects [Poincaré] |
9916 | Convention, yes! Arbitrary, no! [Poincaré, by Putnam] |
18203 | Avoid non-predicative classifications and definitions [Poincaré] |
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] |
15877 | The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré] |