6 ideas
6782 | Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam] |
8923 | Numbers are identified by their main properties and relations, involving the successor function [MacBride] |
8926 | For mathematical objects to be positions, positions themselves must exist first [MacBride] |
22181 | Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha] |
15312 | We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley] |
15311 | Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley] |