15 ideas
7548 | Classes, grouped by a convenient property, are logical constructions [Russell] |
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] |
7545 | Visible things are physical and external, but only exist when viewed [Russell] |
17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
7553 | Sense-data are purely physical [Russell] |
7549 | If my body literally lost its mind, the object seen when I see a flash would still exist [Russell] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
22200 | If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird [Conan Doyle] |
7546 | A man is a succession of momentary men, bound by continuity and causation [Russell] |
7550 | We could probably, in principle, infer minds from brains, and brains from minds [Russell] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |
7547 | Matter requires a division into time-corpuscles as well as space-corpuscles [Russell] |
7551 | Matter is a logical construction [Russell] |
7552 | Six dimensions are needed for a particular, three within its own space, and three to locate that space [Russell] |