11 ideas
9358 | There are several logics, none of which will ever derive falsehoods from truth [Lewis,CI] |
9357 | Excluded middle is just our preference for a simplified dichotomy in experience [Lewis,CI] |
9364 | Names represent a uniformity in experience, or they name nothing [Lewis,CI] |
17945 | Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas] |
17946 | Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
17944 | 'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
20957 | We don't choose our characters, yet we still claim credit for the actions our characters perform [Schelling] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |