Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Eurytus, Theodosius and Pierre Duhem

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4 ideas

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

22137

Observation can force rejection of some part of the initial set of claims [Duhem, by Boulter]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 6. Theory Holism

18197

Experiments only test groups of hypotheses, and can't show which one is wrong [Duhem]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / b. Scepticism of other minds

1799	If we can't know minds, we can't know if Pyrrho was a sceptic [Theodosius, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 1. Biology

651	Eurytus showed that numbers underlie things by making pictures of creatures out of pebbles [Eurytus, by Aristotle]