15 ideas
12772 | Philosophy is a value- and attitude-driven enterprise [Fraassen] |
22701 | Jokes can sometimes be funny because they are offensive [Jacobson,D] |
12771 | Is it likely that a successful, coherent, explanatory ontological hypothesis is true? [Fraassen] |
12773 | Analytic philosophy has an exceptional arsenal of critical tools [Fraassen] |
12770 | We may end up with a huge theory of carefully constructed falsehoods [Fraassen] |
10190 | From the axiomatic point of view, mathematics is a storehouse of abstract structures [Bourbaki] |
12769 | Inference to best explanation contains all sorts of hidden values [Fraassen] |
12768 | We accept many scientific theories without endorsing them as true [Fraassen] |
22703 | We don't often respond to events in art as if they were real events [Jacobson,D] |
22702 | Audiences can be too moral [Jacobson,D] |
22696 | 'Autonomism' says the morality is irrelevant to the aesthetics [Jacobson,D] |
22697 | Moral defects of art can be among its aesthetic virtues [Jacobson,D] |
22700 | Immoral art encourages immoral emotions [Jacobson,D] |
22699 | Moderate moralism says moral qualities can sometimes also be aesthetic qualities [Jacobson,D] |
22698 | We can judge art ethically, or rate its ethical influence, or assess its quality via its ethics [Jacobson,D] |