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] |
10190 | From the axiomatic point of view, mathematics is a storehouse of abstract structures [Bourbaki] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
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] |
22269 | We must fight fiercely to hang on to the few pleasures which survive into old age [Montaigne] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |