10 ideas
23881 | All thought about values is philosophical, and thought about anything else is not philosophy [Weil] |
23885 | Philosophy aims to change the soul, not to accumulate knowledge [Weil] |
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
23886 | Systems are not unique to each philosopher. The platonist tradition is old and continuous [Weil] |
23884 | Truth is a value of thought [Weil] |
13745 | Supervenience is not a dependence relation, on the lines of causal, mereological or semantic dependence [Kim] |
13746 | Supervenience is just a 'surface' relation of pattern covariation, which still needs deeper explanation [Kim] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
23882 | Ends, unlike means, cannot be defined, which is why people tend to pursue means [Weil] |
23883 | Minds essentially and always strive towards value [Weil] |