4 ideas
10990 | Conditionals are truth-functional, but unassertable in tricky cases? [Grice, by Read] |
15308 | Science is the reduction of diverse forces and powers to a smaller number that explain them [Kant] |
10991 | Key conversational maxims are 'quality' (assert truth) and 'quantity' (leave nothing out) [Grice, by Read] |
15877 | The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré] |