13 ideas
2945 | Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer] |
19588 | The highest aim of philosophy is to combine all philosophies into a unity [Novalis] |
19598 | Philosophy relies on our whole system of learning, and can thus never be complete [Novalis] |
19586 | Philosophers feed on problems, hoping they are digestible, and spiced with paradox [Novalis] |
12772 | Philosophy is a value- and attitude-driven enterprise [Fraassen] |
12771 | Is it likely that a successful, coherent, explanatory ontological hypothesis is true? [Fraassen] |
19587 | Philosophy aims to produce a priori an absolute and artistic world system [Novalis] |
12773 | Analytic philosophy has an exceptional arsenal of critical tools [Fraassen] |
2946 | You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer] |
12770 | We may end up with a huge theory of carefully constructed falsehoods [Fraassen] |
19597 | Logic (the theory of relations) should be applied to mathematics [Novalis] |
12769 | Inference to best explanation contains all sorts of hidden values [Fraassen] |
12768 | We accept many scientific theories without endorsing them as true [Fraassen] |