7 ideas
6782 | Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam] |
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
5829 | We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP] |
5830 | The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP] |
22181 | Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
8592 | Empty space is measurable in ways in which empty time necessarily is not [Bennett, by Shoemaker] |