10 ideas
23026 | We know mathematical axioms, such as subtracting equals from equals leaves equals, by a natural light [Leibniz] |
13189 | A necessary feature (such as air for humans) is not therefore part of the essence [Leibniz] |
19432 | Intelligible truth is independent of any external things or experiences [Leibniz] |
19430 | We know objects by perceptions, but their qualities don't reveal what it is we are perceiving [Leibniz] |
21686 | Sense-data are dubious abstractions, with none of the plausibility of tables [Quine] |
19431 | There is nothing in the understanding but experiences, plus the understanding itself, and the understander [Leibniz] |
21685 | Empiricism says evidence rests on the senses, but that insight is derived from science [Quine] |
3916 | Hopi consistently prefers verbs and events to nouns and things [Whorf] |
3917 | Scientific thought is essentially a specialised part of Indo-European languages [Whorf] |
3915 | The Hopi have no concept of time as something flowing from past to future [Whorf] |