23 ideas
6118 | Philosophy is logical analysis, followed by synthesis [Russell] |
6116 | A logical language would show up the fallacy of inferring reality from ordinary language [Russell] |
14782 | Philosophy is an experimental science, resting on common experience [Peirce] |
6117 | Philosophy should be built on science, to reduce error [Russell] |
14787 | Self-contradiction doesn't reveal impossibility; it is inductive impossibility which reveals self-contradiction [Peirce] |
6110 | Subject-predicate logic (and substance-attribute metaphysics) arise from Aryan languages [Russell] |
6107 | It is logic, not metaphysics, that is fundamental to philosophy [Russell] |
14783 | Logic, unlike mathematics, is not hypothetical; it asserts categorical ends from hypothetical means [Peirce] |
6115 | Vagueness, and simples being beyond experience, are obstacles to a logical language [Russell] |
6109 | Some axioms may only become accepted when they lead to obvious conclusions [Russell] |
14788 | Mathematics is close to logic, but is even more abstract [Peirce] |
6108 | Maths can be deduced from logical axioms and the logic of relations [Russell] |
10968 | Russell gave up logical atomism because of negative, general and belief propositions [Russell, by Read] |
6113 | To mean facts we assert them; to mean simples we name them [Russell] |
6114 | 'Simples' are not experienced, but are inferred at the limits of analysis [Russell] |
21722 | Better to construct from what is known, than to infer what is unknown [Russell] |
6111 | As propositions can be put in subject-predicate form, we wrongly infer that facts have substance-quality form [Russell] |
14786 | Some logical possibility concerns single propositions, but there is also compatibility between propositions [Peirce] |
14789 | Experience is indeed our only source of knowledge, provided we include inner experience [Peirce] |
14785 | The world is one of experience, but experiences are always located among our ideas [Peirce] |
6112 | Meaning takes many different forms, depending on different logical types [Russell] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
14784 | Ethics is the science of aims [Peirce] |