4 ideas
16519 | No one can conceive of a possible substance, apart from those which God has created [Arnauld] |
8921 | Structuralism is now common, studying relations, with no regard for what the objects might be [Hellman] |
8922 | Maybe mathematical objects only have structural roles, and no intrinsic nature [Hellman] |
15877 | The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré] |