12 ideas
14767 | The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce] |
5021 | An idea is analysed perfectly when it is shown a priori that it is possible [Leibniz] |
14764 | I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce] |
13768 | Validity can preserve certainty in mathematics, but conditionals about contingents are another matter [Edgington] |
13770 | There are many different conditional mental states, and different conditional speech acts [Edgington] |
13764 | Are conditionals truth-functional - do the truth values of A and B determine the truth value of 'If A, B'? [Edgington] |
13765 | 'If A,B' must entail ¬(A & ¬B); otherwise we could have A true, B false, and If A,B true, invalidating modus ponens [Edgington] |
14768 | Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce] |
14765 | Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age [Peirce] |
5020 | Our thoughts are either dependent, or self-evident. All thoughts seem to end in the self-evident [Leibniz] |
14766 | Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce] |
5019 | Supreme human happiness is the greatest possible increase of his perfection [Leibniz] |