11 ideas
9358 | There are several logics, none of which will ever derive falsehoods from truth [Lewis,CI] |
9357 | Excluded middle is just our preference for a simplified dichotomy in experience [Lewis,CI] |
9364 | Names represent a uniformity in experience, or they name nothing [Lewis,CI] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
16285 | A possible world can be seen as a complete and consistent novel [Jeffrey] |
2614 | Modern phenomenalism holds that objects are logical constructions out of sense-data [Ayer] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
2615 | The concept of sense-data allows us to discuss appearances without worrying about reality [Ayer] |
19155 | Instead of gambling, Jeffrey made the objects of Bayesian preference to be propositions [Jeffrey, by Davidson] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |