7 ideas
13407 | All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau] |
13409 | Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau] |
13406 | A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau] |
13408 | Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau] |
22200 | If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird [Conan Doyle] |
13410 | Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau] |
9287 | Bruno said that ancient Egyptian magic was the true religion [Bruno, by Yates] |