9 ideas
2945 | Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer] |
20728 | Metaphysics is hopeless with its present epistemology; common-sense realism is needed [Colvin] |
2946 | You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer] |
20726 | We can only distinguish self from non-self if there is an inflexible external reality [Colvin] |
20727 | Common-sense realism rests on our interests and practical life [Colvin] |
20729 | Arguments that objects are unknowable or non-existent assume the knower's existence [Colvin] |
20730 | If objects are doubted because their appearances change, that presupposes one object [Colvin] |
20731 | The idea that everything is relations is contradictory; relations are part of the concept of things [Colvin] |
19087 | The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce] |