15 ideas
8378 | Philosophers usually learn science from each other, not from science [Russell] |
18261 | A simplification which is complete constitutes a definition [Kant] |
10779 | A comprehension axiom is 'predicative' if the formula has no bound second-order variables [Linnebo] |
22275 | Logic gives us the necessary rules which show us how we ought to think [Kant] |
10781 | A 'pure logic' must be ontologically innocent, universal, and without presuppositions [Linnebo] |
10783 | Plural quantification depends too heavily on combinatorial and set-theoretic considerations [Linnebo] |
10778 | Can second-order logic be ontologically first-order, with all the benefits of second-order? [Linnebo] |
10782 | The modern concept of an object is rooted in quantificational logic [Linnebo] |
8375 | 'Necessary' is a predicate of a propositional function, saying it is true for all values of its argument [Russell] |
18260 | If we knew what we know, we would be astonished [Kant] |
4396 | The law of causality is a source of confusion, and should be dropped from philosophy [Russell] |
8376 | If causes are contiguous with events, only the last bit is relevant, or the event's timing is baffling [Russell] |
8380 | Striking a match causes its igniting, even if it sometimes doesn't work [Russell] |
8379 | In causal laws, 'events' must recur, so they have to be universals, not particulars [Russell] |
8381 | The constancy of scientific laws rests on differential equations, not on cause and effect [Russell] |