10 ideas
21943 | Since Kant, self-criticism has been part of philosophy [Gutting] |
21944 | Structuralism describes human phenomena in terms of unconscious structures [Gutting] |
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] |
19431 | There is nothing in the understanding but experiences, plus the understanding itself, and the understander [Leibniz] |
21731 | Fields can be 'scalar', or 'vector', or 'tensor', or 'spinor' [Baggott] |
21730 | A 'field' is a property with a magnitude, distributed across all of space and time [Baggott] |
21732 | The current standard model requires 61 particles [Baggott] |