14 ideas
19433 | The universe is infinitely varied, so the Buridan's Ass dilemma could never happen [Leibniz] |
9390 | Logic guides thinking, but it isn't a substitute for it [Rumfitt] |
22180 | Multiple realisability is said to make reduction impossible [Okasha] |
9389 | Vague membership of sets is possible if the set is defined by its concept, not its members [Rumfitt] |
19434 | There may be a world where dogs smell their game at a thousand leagues [Leibniz] |
22177 | Randomised Control Trials have a treatment and a control group, chosen at random [Okasha] |
22172 | Not all sciences are experimental; astronomy relies on careful observation [Okasha] |
22174 | The discoverers of Neptune didn't change their theory because of an anomaly [Okasha] |
22175 | Science mostly aims at confirming theories, rather than falsifying them [Okasha] |
22182 | Theories with unobservables are underdetermined by the evidence [Okasha] |
22185 | Two things can't be incompatible if they are incommensurable [Okasha] |
22176 | Induction is inferences from examined to unexamined instances of a given kind [Okasha] |
22178 | If the rules only concern changes of belief, and not the starting point, absurd views can look ratiional [Okasha] |
22173 | Galileo refuted the Aristotelian theory that heavier objects fall faster [Okasha] |