14 ideas
20955 | Art can make reason more all-inclusive, by articulating what seemed inexpressible [Bowie] |
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
5829 | We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP] |
5830 | The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP] |
22049 | Transcendental idealism aims to explain objectivity through subjectivity [Bowie] |
20950 | German Idealism says our thinking and nature have the same rational structure [Bowie] |
22055 | The Idealists saw the same unexplained spontaneity in Kant's judgements and choices [Bowie] |
22054 | German Idealism tried to stop oppositions of appearances/things and receptivity/spontaneity [Bowie] |
22056 | Crucial to Idealism is the idea of continuity between receptivity and spontaneous judgement [Bowie] |
13165 | Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus] |
20942 | Nazis think race predetermines the self [Bowie] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
9569 | The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus] |
20946 | Rhetoric is built into language, so it cannot be stripped from philosophy [Bowie] |