16 ideas
9808 | Philosophy aims to reveal the grandeur of mathematics [Badiou] |
22138 | Science rests on scholastic metaphysics, not on Hume, Kant or Carnap [Boulter] |
9812 | In mathematics, if a problem can be formulated, it will eventually be solved [Badiou] |
9813 | Mathematics shows that thinking is not confined to the finite [Badiou] |
9809 | Mathematics inscribes being as such [Badiou] |
9811 | It is of the essence of being to appear [Badiou] |
22134 | Thoughts are general, but the world isn't, so how can we think accurately? [Boulter] |
14797 | Vagueness is a neglected but important part of mathematical thought [Peirce] |
14798 | All communication is vague, and is outside the principle of non-contradiction [Peirce] |
22150 | Logical possibility needs the concepts of the proposition to be adequate [Boulter] |
22139 | Experiments don't just observe; they look to see what interventions change the natural order [Boulter] |
22136 | Science begins with sufficient reason, de-animation, and the importance of nature [Boulter] |
22135 | Our concepts can never fully capture reality, but simplification does not falsify [Boulter] |
22152 | Aristotelians accept the analytic-synthetic distinction [Boulter] |
9814 | All great poetry is engaged in rivalry with mathematics [Badiou] |
22156 | The facts about human health are the measure of the values in our lives [Boulter] |