Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Saundaranandakavya', 'The Logical Form of Action Sentences' and ''Objectivity' in Social Sciences and Social Policy'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

---

8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

7910	Pursue truth with the urgency of someone whose clothes are on fire [Ashvaghosha]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

22366

There is no objectivity in social sciences - only viewpoints for selecting and organising data [Weber]

22367

The results of social research can be true, and not just subjectively valid for one person [Weber]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events

7771	We need 'events' to explain adverbs, which are adjectival predicates of events [Davidson, by Lycan]

8860	Language-learning is not good enough evidence for the existence of events [Yablo on Davidson]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories

15002

If the best theory of adverbs refers to events, then our ontology should include events [Davidson, by Sider]

29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism

7909	The Eightfold Path concerns morality, wisdom, and tranquillity [Ashvaghosha]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / d. Heaven

7908	At the end of a saint, he is not located in space, but just ceases to be disturbed [Ashvaghosha]