8 ideas
6602 | Philosophy is like a statue which is worshipped but never advances [Bacon] |
13412 | Obtaining numbers by abstraction is impossible - there are too many; only a rule could give them, in order [Benacerraf] |
13413 | We must explain how we know so many numbers, and recognise ones we haven't met before [Benacerraf] |
13411 | If numbers are basically the cardinals (Frege-Russell view) you could know some numbers in isolation [Benacerraf] |
13415 | An adequate account of a number must relate it to its series [Benacerraf] |
16724 | The senses deceive, but also show their own errors [Bacon] |
6603 | Nature is revealed when we put it under pressure rather than observe it [Bacon] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |