15 ideas
| 9808 | Philosophy aims to reveal the grandeur of mathematics [Badiou] |
| 19463 | Induction assumes some uniformity in nature, or that in some respects the future is like the past [Ayer] |
| 9812 | In mathematics, if a problem can be formulated, it will eventually be solved [Badiou] |
| 9813 | Mathematics shows that thinking is not confined to the finite [Badiou] |
| 9809 | Mathematics inscribes being as such [Badiou] |
| 9811 | It is of the essence of being to appear [Badiou] |
| 19461 | Knowing I exist reveals nothing at all about my nature [Ayer] |
| 19459 | To say 'I am not thinking' must be false, but it might have been true, so it isn't self-contradictory [Ayer] |
| 19460 | 'I know I exist' has no counterevidence, so it may be meaningless [Ayer] |
| 19464 | We only discard a hypothesis after one failure if it appears likely to keep on failing [Ayer] |
| 19462 | Induction passes from particular facts to other particulars, or to general laws, non-deductively [Ayer] |
| 7522 | A full neural account of qualia will give new epistemic access to them, beyond private experience [Churchlands] |
| 7521 | It is question-begging to assume that qualia are totally simple, hence irreducible [Churchlands] |
| 7523 | The qualia Hard Problem is easy, in comparison with the co-ordination of mental states [Churchlands] |
| 9814 | All great poetry is engaged in rivalry with mathematics [Badiou] |