6 ideas
9764 | Inspiration and social improvement need wisdom, but not professional philosophy [Quine] |
2945 | Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer] |
9763 | For a good theory of the world, we must focus on our flabby foundational vocabulary [Quine] |
2946 | You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer] |
20977 | Natural rights are nonsense, and unspecified natural rights is nonsense on stilts [Bentham] |
21003 | Only laws can produce real rights; rights from 'law of nature' are imaginary [Bentham] |