Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Ethical Studies', 'An American Indian model of the Universe' and 'works'

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6 ideas

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 5. Language Relativism

3916	Hopi consistently prefers verbs and events to nouns and things [Whorf]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 4. Paradigm

3917	Scientific thought is essentially a specialised part of Indo-European languages [Whorf]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

5655	Happiness is not satisfaction of desires, but fulfilment of values [Bradley, by Scruton]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / b. Heat

20972

Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau]

20645

Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series

3915	The Hopi have no concept of time as something flowing from past to future [Whorf]