12 ideas
10051 | The axiom of infinity is not a truth of logic, and its adoption is an abandonment of logicism [Kneale,W and M] |
23104 | Dworkin believed we should promote equality, to increase autonomy [Dworkin, by Kekes] |
23257 | We can treat people as equals, or actually treat them equally [Dworkin, by Grayling] |
18621 | Treating people as equals is the one basic value of all plausible political theories [Dworkin, by Kymlicka] |
18639 | If we assess what people would buy in an imaginary insurance market, our taxes could copy it [Dworkin, by Kymlicka] |
24162 | Planck introduced the idea that energy can be quantized [Baggott] |
21731 | Fields can be 'scalar', or 'vector', or 'tensor', or 'spinor' [Baggott] |
21730 | A 'field' is a property with a magnitude, distributed across all of space and time [Baggott] |
24163 | Free electrons have clouds of virtual particles, arising from field interaction [Baggott] |
24161 | Thermodynamics sees nature as a continuous flow of energy, as radiation and as substance [Baggott] |
21732 | The current standard model requires 61 particles [Baggott] |
24160 | Particle measurements don't seem to reflect their reality [Baggott] |