13 ideas
21962 | Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes] |
10528 | Definitions concern how we should speak, not how things are [Fine,K] |
3659 | I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes] |
6021 | It is only when we say a proposition that we speak truly or falsely [Sext.Empiricus] |
6020 | 'Man is a rational mortal animal' is equivalent to 'if something is a man, that thing is a rational mortal animal' [Sext.Empiricus] |
10529 | If Hume's Principle can define numbers, we needn't worry about its truth [Fine,K] |
10530 | Hume's Principle is either adequate for number but fails to define properly, or vice versa [Fine,K] |
3657 | Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes] |
6026 | How can you investigate without some preconception of your object? [Sext.Empiricus] |
10527 | An abstraction principle should not 'inflate', producing more abstractions than objects [Fine,K] |
6032 | Right actions, once done, are those with a reasonable justification [Sext.Empiricus] |
1517 | The tektraktys (1+2+3+4=10) is the 'fount of ever-flowing nature' [Sext.Empiricus] |
3660 | Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes] |