Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'talk', 'Certain Physical Essays' and 'An Enquiry'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

---

4 ideas

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / a. Constructivism

9916	Convention, yes! Arbitrary, no! [Poincaré, by Putnam]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

23549

We treat testimony with a natural trade off of belief and caution [Reid, by Fricker,M]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

16736

Explanation is generally to deduce it from something better known, which comes in degrees [Boyle]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation

16737

The best explanations get down to primary basics, but others go less deep [Boyle]