9 ideas
14611 | Metaphysics should avoid talk of past, present or future [Smart] |
17611 | We want the essence of continuity, by showing its origin in arithmetic [Dedekind] |
10572 | A cut between rational numbers creates and defines an irrational number [Dedekind] |
17612 | Arithmetic is just the consequence of counting, which is the successor operation [Dedekind] |
18087 | If x changes by less and less, it must approach a limit [Dedekind] |
5451 | Popper felt that ancient essentialism was a bar to progress [Popper, by Mautner] |
14613 | Special relativity won't determine a preferred frame, but we can pick one externally [Smart] |
14615 | If time flows, then 'how fast does it flow?' is a tricky question [Smart] |
14614 | The past, present, future and tenses of A-theory are too weird, and should be analysed indexically [Smart] |