8 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
9226 | If mathematical theories conflict, it may just be that they have different subject matter [Field,H] |
14919 | Empiricists deny what is unobservable, and reject objective modality [Fraassen] |
6783 | To 'accept' a theory is not to believe it, but to believe it empirically adequate [Fraassen, by Bird] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
14917 | To accept a scientific theory, we only need to believe that it is empirically adequate [Fraassen] |
6784 | Why should the true explanation be one of the few we have actually thought of? [Fraassen, by Bird] |
13066 | An explanation is just descriptive information answering a particular question [Fraassen, by Salmon] |