19 ideas
15970 | People generalise because it is easier to understand, and that is mistaken for deep philosophy [Feynman] |
14782 | Philosophy is an experimental science, resting on common experience [Peirce] |
14787 | Self-contradiction doesn't reveal impossibility; it is inductive impossibility which reveals self-contradiction [Peirce] |
9358 | There are several logics, none of which will ever derive falsehoods from truth [Lewis,CI] |
14783 | Logic, unlike mathematics, is not hypothetical; it asserts categorical ends from hypothetical means [Peirce] |
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] |
14788 | Mathematics is close to logic, but is even more abstract [Peirce] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
14786 | Some logical possibility concerns single propositions, but there is also compatibility between propositions [Peirce] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
14789 | Experience is indeed our only source of knowledge, provided we include inner experience [Peirce] |
14785 | The world is one of experience, but experiences are always located among our ideas [Peirce] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
14784 | Ethics is the science of aims [Peirce] |
9410 | Physical Laws are rhythms and patterns in nature, revealed by analysis [Feynman] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |
18530 | Nobody understands quantum mechanics [Feynman] |
17707 | We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares] |