23 ideas
6259 | Why can't a wise man doubt everything? [Montaigne] |
6263 | No wisdom could make us comfortably walk a wide beam if it was high in the air [Montaigne] |
6947 | Metaphysics does not rest on facts, but on what we are inclined to believe [Peirce] |
6937 | Reason aims to discover the unknown by thinking about the known [Peirce] |
6258 | Virtue is the distinctive mark of truth, and its greatest product [Montaigne] |
21492 | Realism is basic to the scientific method [Peirce] |
6262 | We lack some sense or other, and hence objects may have hidden features [Montaigne] |
6949 | If someone doubted reality, they would not actually feel dissatisfaction [Peirce] |
6941 | We are entirely satisfied with a firm belief, even if it is false [Peirce] |
6940 | The feeling of belief shows a habit which will determine our actions [Peirce] |
6942 | We want true beliefs, but obviously we think our beliefs are true [Peirce] |
6943 | A mere question does not stimulate a struggle for belief; there must be a real doubt [Peirce] |
6598 | We need our beliefs to be determined by some external inhuman permanency [Peirce] |
6944 | Demonstration does not rest on first principles of reason or sensation, but on freedom from actual doubt [Peirce] |
6948 | Doubts should be satisfied by some external permanency upon which thinking has no effect [Peirce] |
6260 | Sceptics say there is truth, but no means of making or testing lasting judgements [Montaigne] |
6945 | Once doubt ceases, there is no point in continuing to argue [Peirce] |
22363 | You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin] |
6261 | The soul is in the brain, as shown by head injuries [Montaigne] |
6939 | What is true of one piece of copper is true of another (unlike brass) [Peirce] |
20644 | Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin] |
6938 | Natural selection might well fill an animal's mind with pleasing thoughts rather than true ones [Peirce] |
6946 | If death is annihilation, belief in heaven is a cheap pleasure with no disappointment [Peirce] |