4 ideas
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
18883 | Any equivalence relation among similar things allows the creation of an abstractum [Simons] |
18884 | Abstraction is usually seen as producing universals and numbers, but it can do more [Simons] |
19045 | Translation is too flimsy a notion to support theories of cultural incommensurability [Quine] |