10 ideas
| 6782 | Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam] |
| 22181 | Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha] |
| 21315 | A tree remains the same in the popular sense, but not in the strict philosophical sense [Butler] |
| 16634 | I can't be unaware of anything which is in me [Descartes] |
| 21317 | Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler] |
| 21313 | If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler] |
| 21314 | Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler] |
| 21318 | If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future [Butler] |
| 3635 | Essence must be known before we discuss existence [Descartes] |
| 3634 | We can't prove a first cause from our inability to grasp infinity [Descartes] |