11 ideas
14767 | The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce] |
14764 | I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce] |
16660 | Are things distinct if they are both separate, or if only one of them can be separate? [Duns Scotus, by Pasnau] |
16641 | Whiteness does not exist, but by it something can exist-as-white [Aquinas] |
16626 | Substance is only grasped under the general heading of 'being' [Duns Scotus] |
22170 | Senses grasp external properties, but the understanding grasps the essential natures of things [Aquinas] |
14768 | Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce] |
22169 | Initial universal truths are present within us as potential, to be drawn out by reason [Aquinas] |
22168 | Minds take in a likeness of things, which activates an awaiting potential [Aquinas] |
14765 | Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age [Peirce] |
14766 | Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce] |