9 ideas
10245 | One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré] |
17644 | Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam] |
17648 | It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam] |
17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
14802 | Physical and psychical laws of mind are either independent, or derived in one or other direction [Peirce] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |
14800 | The world is full of variety, but laws seem to produce uniformity [Peirce] |
14801 | Darwinian evolution is chance, with the destruction of bad results [Peirce] |