11 ideas
| 21852 | Nomads are the basis of history, and yet almost unknowable [Deleuze] |
| 8378 | Philosophers usually learn science from each other, not from science [Russell] |
| 7783 | Bodies, properties, relations, events, numbers, sets and propositions are 'things' if they exist [Lowe] |
| 8375 | 'Necessary' is a predicate of a propositional function, saying it is true for all values of its argument [Russell] |
| 21853 | We are currently extending capitalism to the whole of society [Deleuze] |
| 21851 | The State requires self-preservation, but the war-machine desires destruction [Deleuze] |
| 4396 | The law of causality is a source of confusion, and should be dropped from philosophy [Russell] |
| 8376 | If causes are contiguous with events, only the last bit is relevant, or the event's timing is baffling [Russell] |
| 8380 | Striking a match causes its igniting, even if it sometimes doesn't work [Russell] |
| 8379 | In causal laws, 'events' must recur, so they have to be universals, not particulars [Russell] |
| 8381 | The constancy of scientific laws rests on differential equations, not on cause and effect [Russell] |