11 ideas
| 8378 | Philosophers usually learn science from each other, not from science [Russell] |
| 21554 | Sets always exceed terms, so all the sets must exceed all the sets [Lackey] |
| 21553 | It seems that the ordinal number of all the ordinals must be bigger than itself [Lackey] |
| 8978 | Events are made of other things, and are not fundamental to ontology [Bennett] |
| 8375 | 'Necessary' is a predicate of a propositional function, saying it is true for all values of its argument [Russell] |
| 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] |
| 10364 | Facts are about the world, not in it, so they can't cause anything [Bennett] |
| 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] |