10 ideas
21962 | Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes] |
3659 | I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes] |
3657 | Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
8404 | Explain single events by general rules, or vice versa, or probability explains both, or they are unconnected [Field,H] |
8401 | Physical laws are largely time-symmetric, so they make a poor basis for directional causation [Field,H] |
8400 | Identifying cause and effect is not just conventional; we explain later events by earlier ones [Field,H] |
8402 | The only reason for adding the notion of 'cause' to fundamental physics is directionality [Field,H] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |
3660 | Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes] |