25 ideas
22864 | Philosophy is the study and criticsm of cultural beliefs, to achieve new possibilities [Dewey] |
18369 | There are at least fourteen candidates for truth-bearers [Kirkham] |
19318 | A 'sequence' of objects is an order set of them [Kirkham] |
19319 | If one sequence satisfies a sentence, they all do [Kirkham] |
19320 | If we define truth by listing the satisfactions, the supply of predicates must be finite [Kirkham] |
9358 | There are several logics, none of which will ever derive falsehoods from truth [Lewis,CI] |
22873 | Liberalism should improve the system, and not just ameliorate it [Dewey] |
19315 | In quantified language the components of complex sentences may not be sentences [Kirkham] |
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] |
19317 | An open sentence is satisfied if the object possess that property [Kirkham] |
19322 | Why can there not be disjunctive, conditional and negative facts? [Kirkham] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
22869 | Knowledge is either the product of competent enquiry, or it is meaningless [Dewey] |
22867 | The quest for certainty aims for peace, and avoidance of the stress of action [Dewey] |
22870 | No belief can be so settled that it is not subject to further inquiry [Dewey] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
22866 | Mind is never isolated, but only exists in its interactions [Dewey] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
22872 | Liberals aim to allow individuals to realise their capacities [Dewey] |
22880 | The things in civilisation we prize are the products of other members of our community [Dewey] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |
22879 | 'God' is an imaginative unity of ideal values [Dewey] |
22877 | We should try attaching the intensity of religious devotion to intelligent social action [Dewey] |
22878 | Religions are so shockingly diverse that they have no common element [Dewey] |