8 ideas
14779 | I reason in order to avoid disappointment and surprise [Peirce] |
14777 | That a judgement is true and that we judge it true are quite different things [Peirce] |
14780 | Only study logic if you think your own reasoning is deficient [Peirce] |
12741 | If experience is just a dream, it is still real enough if critical reason is never deceived [Leibniz] |
12740 | The strongest criterion that phenomena show reality is success in prediction [Leibniz] |
14778 | Facts are hard unmoved things, unaffected by what people may think of them [Peirce] |
12721 | Light, heat and colour are apparent qualities, and so are motion, figure and extension [Leibniz] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |