14 ideas
22864 | Philosophy is the study and criticsm of cultural beliefs, to achieve new possibilities [Dewey] |
22873 | Liberalism should improve the system, and not just ameliorate it [Dewey] |
13007 | Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz] |
22869 | Knowledge is either the product of competent enquiry, or it is meaningless [Dewey] |
22867 | The quest for certainty aims for peace, and avoidance of the stress of action [Dewey] |
22870 | No belief can be so settled that it is not subject to further inquiry [Dewey] |
8406 | Not all explanations are causal, but if a thing can be explained at all, it can be explained causally [Sanford] |
22866 | Mind is never isolated, but only exists in its interactions [Dewey] |
22872 | Liberals aim to allow individuals to realise their capacities [Dewey] |
22880 | The things in civilisation we prize are the products of other members of our community [Dewey] |
8407 | A totality of conditions necessary for an occurrence is usually held to be jointly sufficient for it [Sanford] |
22879 | 'God' is an imaginative unity of ideal values [Dewey] |
22877 | We should try attaching the intensity of religious devotion to intelligent social action [Dewey] |
22878 | Religions are so shockingly diverse that they have no common element [Dewey] |