7 ideas
13407 | All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau] |
13409 | Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau] |
9379 | A sentence is obvious if it is true, and any speaker of the language will instantly agree to it [Quine] |
13406 | A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau] |
13408 | Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau] |
13410 | Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau] |
5655 | Happiness is not satisfaction of desires, but fulfilment of values [Bradley, by Scruton] |