15 ideas
21750 | Science is sympathetic to truth as correspondence, since it depends on observation [Quine] |
21515 | Incoherence may be more important for enquiry than coherence [Olsson] |
21514 | Coherence is the capacity to answer objections [Olsson] |
21496 | Mere agreement of testimonies is not enough to make truth very likely [Olsson] |
21499 | Coherence is only needed if the information sources are not fully reliable [Olsson] |
21502 | A purely coherent theory cannot be true of the world without some contact with the world [Olsson] |
21512 | Extending a system makes it less probable, so extending coherence can't make it more probable [Olsson] |
21748 | More careful inductions gradually lead to the hypothetico-deductive method [Quine] |
1457 | Morality requires a minimum commitment to the self [Rashdall] |
21749 | Altruistic values concern other persons, and ceremonial values concern practices [Quine] |
6674 | All moral judgements ultimately concern the value of ends [Rashdall] |
21751 | Love seems to diminish with distance from oneself [Quine] |
6673 | Ideal Utilitarianism is teleological but non-hedonistic; the aim is an ideal end, which includes pleasure [Rashdall] |
1458 | Conduct is only reasonable or unreasonable if the world is governed by reason [Rashdall] |
1459 | Absolute moral ideals can't exist in human minds or material things, so their acceptance implies a greater Mind [Rashdall, by PG] |