12 ideas
9358 | There are several logics, none of which will ever derive falsehoods from truth [Lewis,CI] |
9357 | Excluded middle is just our preference for a simplified dichotomy in experience [Lewis,CI] |
9364 | Names represent a uniformity in experience, or they name nothing [Lewis,CI] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
9216 | Each area of enquiry, and its source, has its own distinctive type of necessity [Fine,K] |
3583 | External objects are permanent possibilities of sensation [Mill] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
9214 | Unsupported testimony may still be believable [Fine,K] |
3537 | I judge others' feeling by analogy with my body and behaviour [Mill] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |
9215 | Causation is easier to disrupt than logic, so metaphysics is part of nature, not vice versa [Fine,K] |