13 ideas
14767 | The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce] |
14764 | I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce] |
16078 | Clay is intrinsically and atomically the same as statue (and that lacks 'modal properties') [Rudder Baker] |
16077 | The clay is not a statue - it borrows that property from the statue it constitutes [Rudder Baker] |
16080 | Is it possible for two things that are identical to become two separate things? [Rudder Baker] |
16076 | Constitution is not identity, as consideration of essential predicates shows [Rudder Baker] |
16081 | The constitution view gives a unified account of the relation of persons/bodies, statues/bronze etc [Rudder Baker] |
16082 | Statues essentially have relational properties lacked by lumps [Rudder Baker] |
14768 | Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce] |
12739 | If we are dreaming, it is sufficient that the events are coherent, and obey laws [Leibniz] |
14765 | Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age [Peirce] |
12738 | Successful prediction shows proficiency in nature [Leibniz] |
14766 | Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce] |