18 ideas
14767 | The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce] |
23657 | The existence of tensed verbs shows that not all truths are necessary truths [Reid] |
14764 | I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce] |
23655 | An ad hominem argument is good, if it is shown that the man's principles are inconsistent [Reid] |
14768 | Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce] |
23659 | If someone denies that he is thinking when he is conscious of it, we can only laugh [Reid] |
23662 | The existence of ideas is no more obvious than the existence of external objects [Reid] |
23661 | We are only aware of other beings through our senses; without that, we are alone in the universe [Reid] |
14765 | Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age [Peirce] |
23654 | In obscure matters the few must lead the many, but the many usually lead in common sense [Reid] |
23660 | The theory of ideas, popular with philosophers, means past existence has to be proved [Reid] |
14766 | Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce] |
23658 | Consciousness is an indefinable and unique operation [Reid] |
23656 | The structure of languages reveals a uniformity in basic human opinions [Reid] |
23653 | If you can't distinguish the features of a complex object, your notion of it would be a muddle [Reid] |
23663 | There are axioms of taste - such as a general consensus about a beautiful face [Reid] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |