9 ideas
13407 | All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau] |
13409 | Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau] |
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
13406 | A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
13408 | Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau] |
17722 | The concept 'red' is tied to what actually individuates red things [Peacocke] |
13410 | Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |