5 ideas
16901 | The equivalent algebra model of geometry loses some essential spatial meaning [Burge] |
13007 | Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz] |
16902 | Peano arithmetic requires grasping 0 as a primitive number [Burge] |
16892 | Is apriority predicated mainly of truths and proofs, or of human cognition? [Burge] |
15877 | The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré] |