12 ideas
7848 | Philosophy begins in the horror and absurdity of existence [Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson] |
14782 | Philosophy is an experimental science, resting on common experience [Peirce] |
14787 | Self-contradiction doesn't reveal impossibility; it is inductive impossibility which reveals self-contradiction [Peirce] |
14231 | We should always apply someone's theory of meaning to their own utterances [Liggins] |
14783 | Logic, unlike mathematics, is not hypothetical; it asserts categorical ends from hypothetical means [Peirce] |
14232 | We normally formalise 'There are Fs' with singular quantification and predication, but this may be wrong [Liggins] |
14788 | Mathematics is close to logic, but is even more abstract [Peirce] |
14233 | Nihilists needn't deny parts - they can just say that some of the xs are among the ys [Liggins] |
14786 | Some logical possibility concerns single propositions, but there is also compatibility between propositions [Peirce] |
14789 | Experience is indeed our only source of knowledge, provided we include inner experience [Peirce] |
14785 | The world is one of experience, but experiences are always located among our ideas [Peirce] |
14784 | Ethics is the science of aims [Peirce] |