19 ideas
14519 | It is a great good to show reverence for a wise man [Epicurus] |
14518 | In the study of philosophy, pleasure and knowledge arrive simultaneously [Epicurus] |
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
17505 | Using proper names properly doesn't involve necessary and sufficient conditions [Putnam] |
14524 | Bodies are combinations of shape, size, resistance and weight [Epicurus] |
11908 | Putnam bases essences on 'same kind', but same kinds may not share properties [Mackie,P on Putnam] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
17508 | Science aims at truth, not at 'simplicity' [Putnam] |
14521 | If everything is by necessity, then even denials of necessity are by necessity [Epicurus] |
17506 | I now think reference by the tests of experts is a special case of being causally connected [Putnam] |
14522 | What happens to me if I obtain all my desires, and what if I fail? [Epicurus] |
3563 | Pleasure and virtue entail one another [Epicurus] |
3560 | Justice is merely a contract about not harming or being harmed [Epicurus] |
14517 | We value our own character, whatever it is, and we should respect the characters of others [Epicurus] |
14513 | Justice is a pledge of mutual protection [Epicurus] |
14515 | A law is not just if it is not useful in mutual associations [Epicurus] |
14520 | It is small-minded to find many good reasons for suicide [Epicurus] |
17507 | Natural kind stereotypes are 'strong' (obvious, like tiger) or 'weak' (obscure, like molybdenum) [Putnam] |
11904 | Express natural kinds as a posteriori predicate connections, not as singular terms [Putnam, by Mackie,P] |