9 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] |
6215 | 'Contingent' means that the cause is unperceived, not that there is no cause [Hobbes] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
8991 | Foucault can't accept that power is sometimes decent and benign [Foucault, by Scruton] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |