19 ideas
22070 | Irony is consciousness of abundant chaos [Schlegel,F] |
22069 | Plato has no system. Philosophy is the progression of a mind and development of thoughts [Schlegel,F] |
22358 | Scientific objectivity lies in inter-subjective testing [Popper] |
22068 | Poetry is transcendental when it connects the ideal to the real [Schlegel,F] |
22188 | Give Nobel Prizes for really good refutations? [Gorham on Popper] |
7780 | Falsification is the criterion of demarcation between science and non-science [Popper, by Magee] |
16830 | We don't only reject hypotheses because we have falsified them [Lipton on Popper] |
6794 | If falsification requires logical inconsistency, then probabilistic statements can't be falsified [Bird on Popper] |
6795 | When Popper gets in difficulties, he quietly uses induction to help out [Bird on Popper] |
3856 | Good theories have empirical content, explain a lot, and are not falsified [Popper, by Newton-Smith] |
7779 | There is no such thing as induction [Popper, by Magee] |
3860 | Science cannot be shown to be rational if induction is rejected [Newton-Smith on Popper] |
22030 | For poets free choice is supreme [Schlegel,F] |
536 | We should follow the law in public, and nature in private [Antiphon] |
1557 | To gain the greatest advantage only treat law as important when other people are present [Antiphon] |
22071 | True love is ironic, in the contrast between finite limitations and the infinity of love [Schlegel,F] |
540 | The way you spend your time will form your character [Antiphon] |
22029 | Irony is the response to conflicts of involvement and attachment [Schlegel,F, by Pinkard] |
539 | Nothing is worse for mankind than anarchy [Antiphon] |