12 ideas
| 6855 | Interesting philosophers hardly every give you explicitly valid arguments [Martin,M] |
| 6856 | Valid arguments can be rejected by challenging the premises or presuppositions [Martin,M] |
| 17644 | Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam] |
| 17648 | It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam] |
| 17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
| 19553 | Commitment to 'I have a hand' only makes sense in a context where it has been doubted [Hawthorne] |
| 6857 | An error theory of perception says our experience is not as it seems to be [Martin,M] |
| 17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
| 19551 | How can we know the heavyweight implications of normal knowledge? Must we distort 'knowledge'? [Hawthorne] |
| 19552 | We wouldn't know the logical implications of our knowledge if small risks added up to big risks [Hawthorne] |
| 19554 | Denying closure is denying we know P when we know P and Q, which is absurd in simple cases [Hawthorne] |
| 17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |