7 ideas
2945 | Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer] |
2946 | You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer] |
3291 | Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel] |
3290 | Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel] |
21236 | Instead of gravitational force, we now have a pervasive gravitational field [Farmelo] |
21235 | The Schrödinger waves are just the maths of transforming energy values to positions [Farmelo] |
21234 | Experiments show that fundamental particles of one type are identical [Farmelo] |