Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Issues of Pragmaticism', 'Remembrance of Things Past' and 'Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts


3 ideas

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction
Science is the reduction of diverse forces and powers to a smaller number that explain them [Kant]
18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 3. Modularity of Mind
When we need to do something, we depute an inner servant to remind us of it [Proust]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce]