9 ideas
8978 | Events are made of other things, and are not fundamental to ontology [Bennett] |
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] |
23888 | Knowledge is beyond question, as an unavoidable component of thinking [Weil] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
23887 | Art (like philosophy) establishes a relation between world and self, and between oneself and others [Weil] |
10364 | Facts are about the world, not in it, so they can't cause anything [Bennett] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |