8 ideas
12129 | 'Truth' may only apply within a theory [Kuhn] |
5044 | Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz] |
6809 | Kuhn came to accept that all scientists agree on a particular set of values [Kuhn, by Bird] |
12128 | In theory change, words shift their natural reference, so the theories are incommensurable [Kuhn] |
5045 | No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz] |
5046 | The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz] |
23420 | In a pluralist society we can't expect a community united around one conception of the good [Rawls] |
5043 | To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz] |