10 ideas
6950 | You can be rational with undetected or minor inconsistencies [Harman] |
6954 | A coherent conceptual scheme contains best explanations of most of your beliefs [Harman] |
16676 | Why use more things when fewer will do? [William of Ockham] |
3750 | "It is true that x" means no more than x [Ramsey] |
6955 | Enumerative induction is inference to the best explanation [Harman] |
6952 | Induction is 'defeasible', since additional information can invalidate it [Harman] |
6953 | All reasoning is inductive, and deduction only concerns implication [Harman] |
6951 | Ordinary rationality is conservative, starting from where your beliefs currently are [Harman] |
18818 | Sentence meaning is given by the actions to which it would lead [Ramsey] |
16675 | Every extended material substance is composed of parts distant from one another [William of Ockham] |