15 ideas
2510 | Traditionally philosophy is an a priori enquiry into general truths about reality [Katz] |
2516 | Most of philosophy begins where science leaves off [Katz] |
14767 | The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce] |
14764 | I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce] |
2521 | 'Real' maths objects have no causal role, no determinate reference, and no abstract/concrete distinction [Katz] |
14768 | Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce] |
2513 | We don't have a clear enough sense of meaning to pronounce some sentences meaningless or just analytic [Katz] |
14765 | Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age [Peirce] |
2522 | Experience cannot teach us why maths and logic are necessary [Katz] |
14766 | Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce] |
15710 | Bohr explained the periodic table and chemical properties of elements, using the quantum atom [Kumar] |
2517 | Structuralists see meaning behaviouristically, and Chomsky says nothing about it [Katz] |
2519 | It is generally accepted that sense is defined as the determiner of reference [Katz] |
2520 | Sense determines meaning and synonymy, not referential properties like denotation and truth [Katz] |
2518 | Sentences are abstract types (like musical scores), not individual tokens [Katz] |