16 ideas
13407 | All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau] |
15957 | Essential definitions show the differences that discriminate things, and make them what they are [Boyle] |
13409 | Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau] |
15965 | Boyle attacked a contemporary belief that powers were occult things [Boyle, by Alexander,P] |
16735 | In the 17th century, 'disposition' usually just means the spatial arrangement of parts [Boyle, by Pasnau] |
16034 | Form is not a separate substance, but just the manner, modification or 'stamp' of matter [Boyle] |
15953 | To cite a substantial form tells us what produced the effect, but not how it did it [Boyle] |
13406 | A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau] |
15962 | Boyle's term 'texture' is not something you feel, but is unobservable structures of particles [Boyle, by Alexander,P] |
15964 | Boyle's secondary qualities are not illusory, or 'in the mind' [Boyle, by Alexander,P] |
13408 | Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau] |
15960 | Explanation is deducing a phenomenon from some nature better known to us [Boyle] |
13410 | Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
15952 | The corpuscles just have shape, size and motion, which explains things without 'sympathies' or 'forces' [Boyle, by Alexander,P] |
15972 | The corpuscular theory allows motion, but does not include forces between the particles [Boyle, by Alexander,P] |