10 ideas
2945 | Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer] |
14767 | The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce] |
2946 | You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer] |
14764 | I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce] |
14768 | Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce] |
9354 | Why should necessities only be knowable a priori? That Hesperus is Phosporus is known empirically [Devitt] |
9353 | We explain away a priori knowledge, not as directly empirical, but as indirectly holistically empirical [Devitt] |
9356 | The idea of the a priori is so obscure that it won't explain anything [Devitt] |
14765 | Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age [Peirce] |
14766 | Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce] |