15 ideas
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] |
14783 | Logic, unlike mathematics, is not hypothetical; it asserts categorical ends from hypothetical means [Peirce] |
14788 | Mathematics is close to logic, but is even more abstract [Peirce] |
15464 | The distinction between dispositional and 'categorical' properties leads to confusion [Lewis] |
15463 | All dispositions must have causal bases [Lewis] |
15461 | A 'finkish' disposition is real, but disappears when the stimulus occurs [Lewis] |
14786 | Some logical possibility concerns single propositions, but there is also compatibility between propositions [Peirce] |
15462 | Backtracking counterfactuals go from supposed events to their required causal antecedents [Lewis] |
14789 | Experience is indeed our only source of knowledge, provided we include inner experience [Peirce] |
14794 | Instead of seeking Truth, we should seek belief that is beyond doubt [Peirce] |
14785 | The world is one of experience, but experiences are always located among our ideas [Peirce] |
14792 | A 'conception', the rational implication of a word, lies in its bearing upon the conduct of life [Peirce] |
14793 | The definition of a concept is just its experimental implications [Peirce] |
14784 | Ethics is the science of aims [Peirce] |