11 ideas
22138 | Science rests on scholastic metaphysics, not on Hume, Kant or Carnap [Boulter] |
9390 | Logic guides thinking, but it isn't a substitute for it [Rumfitt] |
22134 | Thoughts are general, but the world isn't, so how can we think accurately? [Boulter] |
9389 | Vague membership of sets is possible if the set is defined by its concept, not its members [Rumfitt] |
22150 | Logical possibility needs the concepts of the proposition to be adequate [Boulter] |
22139 | Experiments don't just observe; they look to see what interventions change the natural order [Boulter] |
22136 | Science begins with sufficient reason, de-animation, and the importance of nature [Boulter] |
22135 | Our concepts can never fully capture reality, but simplification does not falsify [Boulter] |
22152 | Aristotelians accept the analytic-synthetic distinction [Boulter] |
23832 | We both desire what is beautiful, and want it to remain as it is [Weil] |
22156 | The facts about human health are the measure of the values in our lives [Boulter] |