8 ideas
16676 | Why use more things when fewer will do? [William of Ockham] |
13007 | Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz] |
17644 | Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam] |
17648 | It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam] |
17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
16675 | Every extended material substance is composed of parts distant from one another [William of Ockham] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |