12 ideas
14767 | The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce] |
14764 | I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce] |
15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
9216 | Each area of enquiry, and its source, has its own distinctive type of necessity [Fine,K] |
14768 | Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce] |
14765 | Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age [Peirce] |
9214 | Unsupported testimony may still be believable [Fine,K] |
14766 | Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |
9215 | Causation is easier to disrupt than logic, so metaphysics is part of nature, not vice versa [Fine,K] |