11 ideas
14779 | I reason in order to avoid disappointment and surprise [Peirce] |
12302 | Definitions formed an abstract hierarchy for Aristotle, as sets do for us [Fine,K] |
14266 | Aristotle sees hierarchies in definitions using genus and differentia (as we see them in sets) [Fine,K] |
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] |
14268 | Maybe bottom-up grounding shows constitution, and top-down grounding shows essence [Fine,K] |
14778 | Facts are hard unmoved things, unaffected by what people may think of them [Peirce] |
14267 | There is no distinctive idea of constitution, because you can't say constitution begins and ends [Fine,K] |
14264 | Is there a plausible Aristotelian notion of constitution, applicable to both physical and non-physical? [Fine,K] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
14265 | The components of abstract definitions could play the same role as matter for physical objects [Fine,K] |