14 ideas
13407 | All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau] |
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] |
13409 | Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
13406 | A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau] |
13408 | Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
13410 | Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |