8 ideas
13407 | All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau] |
13409 | Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau] |
3912 | I must exist in order to be mistaken, so that even if I am mistaken, I can't be wrong about my own existence [Augustine] |
13406 | A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau] |
13408 | Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau] |
6683 | The contact of spirit and body is utterly amazing, and incomprehensible [Augustine] |
19087 | The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce] |
13410 | Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau] |