13 ideas
18270 | Choice suggests that intensions are not needed to ensure classes [Coffa] |
18263 | The semantic tradition aimed to explain the a priori semantically, not by Kantian intuition [Coffa] |
18272 | Platonism defines the a priori in a way that makes it unknowable [Coffa] |
3158 | Theories of intentionality presuppose rationality, so can't explain it [Dennett] |
18266 | Mathematics generalises by using variables [Coffa] |
3159 | Beliefs and desires aren't real; they are prediction techniques [Dennett] |
20725 | The idea of duty in one's calling haunts us, like a lost religion [Weber] |
20722 | Acquisition and low consumption lead to saving, investment, and increased wealth [Weber] |
20724 | When asceticism emerged from the monasteries, it helped to drive the modern economy [Weber] |
20717 | Capitalism is not unlimited greed, and may even be opposed to greed [Weber] |
20718 | Modern western capitalism has free labour, business separate from household, and book-keeping [Weber] |
18279 | Relativity is as absolutist about space-time as Newton was about space [Coffa] |
20719 | Punish the heretic, but be indulgent to the sinner [Weber] |