7 ideas
8616 | How can multiple statements, none of which is tenable, conjoin to yield a tenable conclusion? [Elgin] |
8617 | Statements that are consistent, cotenable and supportive are roughly true [Elgin] |
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
8618 | Coherence is a justification if truth is its best explanation (not skill in creating fiction) [Elgin] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |