19 ideas
12124 | Metaphysics is the best knowledge, because it is the simplest [Bacon] |
12123 | Natural history supports physical knowledge, which supports metaphysical knowledge [Bacon] |
12119 | Physics studies transitory matter; metaphysics what is abstracted and necessary [Bacon] |
12120 | Physics is of material and efficient causes, metaphysics of formal and final causes [Bacon] |
21054 | Reason enables the unbounded extension of our rules and intentions [Kant] |
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
5829 | We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP] |
5830 | The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP] |
12121 | We don't assume there is no land, because we can only see sea [Bacon] |
12117 | Science moves up and down between inventions of causes, and experiments [Bacon] |
12127 | Many different theories will fit the observed facts [Bacon] |
12126 | People love (unfortunately) extreme generality, rather than particular knowledge [Bacon] |
21053 | The manifest will in the world of phenomena has to conform to the laws of nature [Kant] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
21055 | Our aim is a constitution which combines maximum freedom with strong restraint [Kant] |
21056 | The vitality of business needs maximum freedom (while avoiding harm to others) [Kant] |
21057 | The highest ideal of social progress is a universal cosmopolitan existence [Kant] |
12125 | Teleological accounts are fine in metaphysics, but they stop us from searching for the causes [Bacon] |
12118 | Essences are part of first philosophy, but as part of nature, not part of logic [Bacon] |