12 ideas
6602 | Philosophy is like a statue which is worshipped but never advances [Bacon] |
21642 | If quantification is all substitutional, there is no ontology [Quine] |
21846 | Bergson was a rallying point, because he emphasised becomings and multiplicities [Bergson, by Deleuze] |
1633 | Absolute ontological questions are meaningless, because the answers are circular definitions [Quine] |
18964 | Ontology is relative to both a background theory and a translation manual [Quine] |
18965 | We know what things are by distinguishing them, so identity is part of ontology [Quine] |
16724 | The senses deceive, but also show their own errors [Bacon] |
21854 | Bergson showed that memory is not after the event, but coexists with it [Bergson, by Deleuze] |
1634 | Two things are relative - the background theory, and translating the object theory into the background theory [Quine] |
6603 | Nature is revealed when we put it under pressure rather than observe it [Bacon] |
8470 | Reference is inscrutable, because we cannot choose between theories of numbers [Quine, by Orenstein] |
18963 | Indeterminacy translating 'rabbit' depends on translating individuation terms [Quine] |