12 ideas
22138 | Science rests on scholastic metaphysics, not on Hume, Kant or Carnap [Boulter] |
22134 | Thoughts are general, but the world isn't, so how can we think accurately? [Boulter] |
22150 | Logical possibility needs the concepts of the proposition to be adequate [Boulter] |
22139 | Experiments don't just observe; they look to see what interventions change the natural order [Boulter] |
22136 | Science begins with sufficient reason, de-animation, and the importance of nature [Boulter] |
22135 | Our concepts can never fully capture reality, but simplification does not falsify [Boulter] |
22371 | Determinism threatens free will if actions can be causally traced to external factors [Foot] |
22152 | Aristotelians accept the analytic-synthetic distinction [Boulter] |
22372 | Not all actions need motives, but it is irrational to perform troublesome actions with no motive [Foot] |
22156 | The facts about human health are the measure of the values in our lives [Boulter] |
18671 | The ground for an attitude is not a thing's 'goodness', but its concrete characteristics [Ewing] |
22373 | People can act out of vanity without being vain, or even vain about this kind of thing [Foot] |