17 ideas
16489 | Is it possible to state every possible truth about the whole course of nature without using 'not'? [Russell] |
6402 | In 1927, Russell analysed force and matter in terms of events [Russell, by Grayling] |
7720 | Two things can only resemble one another in some respect, and that may reintroduce a universal [Lowe] |
14732 | A perceived physical object is events grouped around a centre [Russell] |
7712 | On substances, Leibniz emphasises unity, Spinoza independence, Locke relations to qualities [Lowe] |
14733 | An object produces the same percepts with or without a substance, so that is irrelevant to science [Russell] |
16490 | Some facts about experience feel like logical necessities [Russell] |
6418 | Russell rejected phenomenalism because it couldn't account for causal relations [Russell, by Grayling] |
7710 | Perception is a mode of belief-acquisition, and does not involve sensation [Lowe] |
7711 | Science requires a causal theory - perception of an object must be an experience caused by the object [Lowe] |
16488 | It is hard to explain how a sentence like 'it is not raining' can be found true by observation [Russell] |
7714 | Personal identity is a problem across time (diachronic) and at an instant (synchronic) [Lowe] |
7715 | Mentalese isn't a language, because it isn't conventional, or a means of public communication [Lowe] |
7722 | If meaning is mental pictures, explain "the cat (or dog!) is NOT on the mat" [Lowe] |
16491 | If we define 'this is not blue' as disbelief in 'this is blue', we eliminate 'not' as an ingredient of facts [Russell] |
4786 | Russell's 'at-at' theory says motion is to be at the intervening points at the intervening instants [Russell, by Psillos] |
21706 | At first matter is basic and known by sense-data; later Russell says matter is constructed [Russell, by Linsky,B] |