9 ideas
6782 | Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam] |
17644 | Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam] |
17648 | It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam] |
22181 | Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha] |
16669 | Everything that exists is either a being, or some mode of a being [Malebranche] |
17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |
12726 | In a true cause we see a necessary connection [Malebranche] |