8 ideas
6602 | Philosophy is like a statue which is worshipped but never advances [Bacon] |
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
16724 | The senses deceive, but also show their own errors [Bacon] |
6603 | Nature is revealed when we put it under pressure rather than observe it [Bacon] |
9409 | Laws are the best axiomatization of the total history of world events or facts [Lewis, by Mumford] |
9423 | If simplicity and strength are criteria for laws of nature, that introduces a subjective element [Mumford on Lewis] |
9424 | A number of systematizations might tie as the best and most coherent system [Mumford on Lewis] |