9 ideas
12129 | 'Truth' may only apply within a theory [Kuhn] |
21315 | A tree remains the same in the popular sense, but not in the strict philosophical sense [Butler] |
6809 | Kuhn came to accept that all scientists agree on a particular set of values [Kuhn, by Bird] |
12128 | In theory change, words shift their natural reference, so the theories are incommensurable [Kuhn] |
21317 | Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler] |
21313 | If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler] |
21314 | Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler] |
21318 | If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future [Butler] |
17722 | The concept 'red' is tied to what actually individuates red things [Peacocke] |