26 ideas
6161 | Structuralism is neo-Kantian idealism, with language playing the role of categories of understanding [Rowlands] |
9358 | There are several logics, none of which will ever derive falsehoods from truth [Lewis,CI] |
6163 | If bivalence is rejected, then excluded middle must also be rejected [Rowlands] |
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] |
6155 | Supervenience is a one-way relation of dependence or determination between properties [Rowlands] |
6154 | It is argued that wholes possess modal and counterfactual properties that parts lack [Rowlands] |
6157 | Tokens are dated, concrete particulars; types are their general properties or kinds [Rowlands] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
6159 | Strong idealism is the sort of mess produced by a Cartesian separation of mind and world [Rowlands] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
6152 | Minds are rational, conscious, subjective, self-knowing, free, meaningful and self-aware [Rowlands] |
6173 | Content externalism implies that we do not have privileged access to our own minds [Rowlands] |
6174 | If someone is secretly transported to Twin Earth, others know their thoughts better than they do [Rowlands] |
14802 | Physical and psychical laws of mind are either independent, or derived in one or other direction [Peirce] |
6158 | Supervenience of mental and physical properties often comes with token-identity of mental and physical particulars [Rowlands] |
6168 | The content of a thought is just the meaning of a sentence [Rowlands] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
6167 | Action is bodily movement caused by intentional states [Rowlands] |
6177 | Moral intuition seems unevenly distributed between people [Rowlands] |
6156 | The 17th century reintroduced atoms as mathematical modes of Euclidean space [Rowlands] |
6170 | Natural kinds are defined by their real essence, as in gold having atomic number 79 [Rowlands] |
14800 | The world is full of variety, but laws seem to produce uniformity [Peirce] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |
14801 | Darwinian evolution is chance, with the destruction of bad results [Peirce] |
6178 | It is common to see the value of nature in one feature, such as life, diversity, or integrity [Rowlands] |