15 ideas
7719 | European philosophy consists of a series of footnotes to Plato [Whitehead] |
6602 | Philosophy is like a statue which is worshipped but never advances [Bacon] |
8868 | Objective truth arises from interpersonal communication [Davidson] |
10656 | With 'extensive connection', boundary elements are not included in domains [Whitehead, by Varzi] |
15389 | In Whitehead 'processes' consist of events beginning and ending [Whitehead, by Simons] |
8867 | A belief requires understanding the distinctions of true-and-false, and appearance-and-reality [Davidson] |
16724 | The senses deceive, but also show their own errors [Bacon] |
10347 | Objectivity is intersubjectivity [Davidson] |
6603 | Nature is revealed when we put it under pressure rather than observe it [Bacon] |
8866 | If we know other minds through behaviour, but not our own, we should assume they aren't like me [Davidson] |
10346 | Knowing other minds rests on knowing both one's own mind and the external world [Davidson, by Dummett] |
8870 | Content of thought is established through communication, so knowledge needs other minds [Davidson] |
8869 | The principle of charity attributes largely consistent logic and largely true beliefs to speakers [Davidson] |
15247 | Whitehead held that perception was a necessary feature of all causation [Whitehead, by Harré/Madden] |
16962 | Whitehead replaced points with extended regions [Whitehead, by Quine] |