15 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
19463 | Induction assumes some uniformity in nature, or that in some respects the future is like the past [Ayer] |
16066 | Additional or removal of any part changes a thing, so people are never the same person [Epicharmus] |
19459 | To say 'I am not thinking' must be false, but it might have been true, so it isn't self-contradictory [Ayer] |
19460 | 'I know I exist' has no counterevidence, so it may be meaningless [Ayer] |
19461 | Knowing I exist reveals nothing at all about my nature [Ayer] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
436 | A dog seems handsome to another a dog, and even a pig to another pig [Epicharmus] |
19464 | We only discard a hypothesis after one failure if it appears likely to keep on failing [Ayer] |
19462 | Induction passes from particular facts to other particulars, or to general laws, non-deductively [Ayer] |
442 | Pleasures are like pirates - if you are caught they drown you in a sea of pleasures [Epicharmus] |
440 | Hands wash hands; give that you may get [Epicharmus] |
441 | Against a villain, villainy is not a useless weapon [Epicharmus] |
439 | God knows everything, and nothing is impossible for him [Epicharmus] |
443 | Human logos is an aspect of divine logos, and is sufficient for successful living [Epicharmus] |