21 ideas
7426 | Critical philosophy is what questions domination at every level [Foucault] |
17641 | Discoveries in mathematics can challenge philosophy, and offer it a new foundation [Russell] |
7423 | Philosophy and politics are fundamentally linked [Foucault] |
7420 | When logos controls our desires, we have actually become the logos [Foucault] |
17638 | If one proposition is deduced from another, they are more certain together than alone [Russell] |
17632 | Non-contradiction was learned from instances, and then found to be indubitable [Russell] |
17629 | Which premises are ultimate varies with context [Russell] |
17630 | The sources of a proof are the reasons why we believe its conclusion [Russell] |
17640 | Finding the axioms may be the only route to some new results [Russell] |
17627 | It seems absurd to prove 2+2=4, where the conclusion is more certain than premises [Russell] |
17628 | Arithmetic was probably inferred from relationships between physical objects [Russell] |
17637 | The most obvious beliefs are not infallible, as other obvious beliefs may conflict [Russell] |
17639 | Believing a whole science is more than believing each of its propositions [Russell] |
7424 | Saying games of truth were merely power relations would be a horrible exaggeration [Foucault] |
1556 | By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias] |
17631 | Induction is inferring premises from consequences [Russell] |
7422 | A subject is a form which can change, in (say) political or sexual situations [Foucault] |
7419 | Ethics is the conscious practice of freedom [Foucault] |
7425 | The aim is not to eliminate power relations, but to reduce domination [Foucault] |
7418 | The idea of liberation suggests there is a human nature which has been repressed [Foucault] |
17633 | The law of gravity has many consequences beyond its grounding observations [Russell] |