7 ideas
9987 | An aggregate in which order does not matter I call a 'set' [Bolzano] |
10856 | A truly infinite quantity does not need to be a variable [Bolzano] |
13007 | Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz] |
14804 | Is chance just unknown laws? But the laws operate the same, whatever chance occurs [Peirce] |
14805 | Is there any such thing as death among the lower organisms? [Peirce] |
14806 | If the world is just mechanical, its whole specification has no more explanation than mere chance [Peirce] |
14803 | The more precise the observations, the less reliable appear to be the laws of nature [Peirce] |