22 ideas
21406 | Because there is only one human reason, there can only be one true philosophy from principles [Kant] |
6299 | Axioms are often affirmed simply because they produce results which have been accepted [Resnik] |
6304 | Mathematical realism says that maths exists, is largely true, and is independent of proofs [Resnik] |
6300 | Mathematical constants and quantifiers only exist as locations within structures or patterns [Resnik] |
6303 | Sets are positions in patterns [Resnik] |
6302 | Structuralism must explain why a triangle is a whole, and not a random set of points [Resnik] |
6295 | There are too many mathematical objects for them all to be mental or physical [Resnik] |
6296 | Maths is pattern recognition and representation, and its truth and proofs are based on these [Resnik] |
6301 | Congruence is the strongest relationship of patterns, equivalence comes next, and mutual occurrence is the weakest [Resnik] |
21081 | We are equipped with the a priori intuitions needed for the concept of right [Kant] |
21082 | A power-based state of nature may not be unjust, but there is no justice without competent judges [Kant] |
21089 | Monarchs have the highest power; autocrats have complete power [Kant] |
21086 | Hereditary nobility has not been earned, and probably won't be earned [Kant] |
21080 | Actions are right if the maxim respects universal mutual freedoms [Kant] |
21083 | Women have no role in politics [Kant] |
21407 | Equality is not being bound in ways you cannot bind others [Kant] |
21084 | In the contract people lose their rights, but immediately regain them, in the new commonwealth [Kant] |
21090 | If someone has largely made something, then they own it [Kant] |
21087 | Human life is pointless without justice [Kant] |
21088 | Justice asserts the death penalty for murder, from a priori laws [Kant] |
21085 | The church has a political role, by offering a supreme power over people [Kant] |
7482 | Resurrection developed in Judaism as a response to martyrdoms, in about 160 BCE [Anon (Dan), by Watson] |