8 ideas
9103 | A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham] |
10993 | Ramsey's Test: believe the consequent if you believe the antecedent [Ramsey, by Read] |
14279 | Asking 'If p, will q?' when p is uncertain, then first add p hypothetically to your knowledge [Ramsey] |
6894 | Mental terms can be replaced in a sentence by a variable and an existential quantifier [Ramsey] |
9104 | A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham] |
22086 | The most important aspect of a human being is not reason, but passion [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle] |
9418 | All knowledge needs systematizing, and the axioms would be the laws of nature [Ramsey] |
9420 | Causal laws result from the simplest axioms of a complete deductive system [Ramsey] |