15 ideas
22026 | Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis] |
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] |
10938 | The extremes of essentialism are that all properties are essential, or only very trivial ones [Rami] |
10940 | An 'individual essence' is possessed uniquely by a particular object [Rami] |
10939 | 'Sortal essentialism' says being a particular kind is what is essential [Rami] |
10934 | Unlosable properties are not the same as essential properties [Rami] |
10933 | Physical possibility is part of metaphysical possibility which is part of logical possibility [Rami] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
10932 | If it is possible 'for all I know' then it is 'epistemically possible' [Rami] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
19591 | Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis] |
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] |