8 ideas
22752 | Reasoning is impossible without a preconception [Sext.Empiricus] |
12129 | 'Truth' may only apply within a theory [Kuhn] |
16519 | No one can conceive of a possible substance, apart from those which God has created [Arnauld] |
6809 | Kuhn came to accept that all scientists agree on a particular set of values [Kuhn, by Bird] |
12128 | In theory change, words shift their natural reference, so the theories are incommensurable [Kuhn] |
22754 | Saying the good is useful or choiceworth or happiness-creating is not the good, but a feature of it [Sext.Empiricus] |
22755 | Like a warming fire, what is good by nature should be good for everyone [Sext.Empiricus] |
22756 | If a desire is itself desirable, then we shouldn't desire it, as achieving it destroys it [Sext.Empiricus] |