5 ideas
| 16861 | A false theory could hardly rival the explanatory power of natural selection [Darwin] |
| 9409 | Laws are the best axiomatization of the total history of world events or facts [Lewis, by Mumford] |
| 9423 | If simplicity and strength are criteria for laws of nature, that introduces a subjective element [Mumford on Lewis] |
| 9424 | A number of systematizations might tie as the best and most coherent system [Mumford on Lewis] |
| 2116 | The concept of an existing thing must contain more than the concept of a non-existing thing [Leibniz] |