8 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
17644 | Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam] |
17648 | It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam] |
18438 | Every worldly event, without exception, is a redistribution of microphysical states [Quine] |
17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |