12 ideas
22115 | Wise people should contemplate and discuss the truth, and fight against falsehood [Aquinas] |
22868 | The value and truth of knowledge are measured by success in activity [Dewey] |
9354 | Why should necessities only be knowable a priori? That Hesperus is Phosporus is known empirically [Devitt] |
9353 | We explain away a priori knowledge, not as directly empirical, but as indirectly holistically empirical [Devitt] |
9356 | The idea of the a priori is so obscure that it won't explain anything [Devitt] |
22865 | Habits constitute the self [Dewey] |
20700 | Without God's influence every operation would stop, so God causes everything [Aquinas] |
22871 | The good people are those who improve; the bad are those who deteriorate [Dewey] |
22876 | Democracy is the development of human nature when it shares in the running of communal activities [Dewey] |
22875 | Democracy is not just a form of government; it is a mode of shared living [Dewey] |
22874 | Individuality is only developed within groups [Dewey] |
15202 | Eternity coexists with passing time, as the centre of a circle coexists with its circumference [Aquinas] |