5 ideas
| 19087 | The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce] |
| 17371 | Some kinds are very explanatory, but others less so, and some not at all [Devitt] |
| 15877 | The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré] |
| 17373 | Species pluralism says there are several good accounts of what a species is [Devitt] |
| 17372 | The higher categories are not natural kinds, so the Linnaean hierarchy should be given up [Devitt] |