14 ideas
| 2661 | Dialectic is speech cast in the form of logical argument [Cicero] |
| 2673 | There cannot be more than one truth [Cicero] |
| 2669 | Dialectic assumes that all statements are either true or false, but self-referential paradoxes are a big problem [Cicero] |
| 2664 | If we have complete healthy senses, what more could the gods give us? [Cicero] |
| 2665 | How can there be a memory of what is false? [Cicero] |
| 20800 | Every true presentation can have a false one of the same quality [Cicero] |
| 22363 | You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin] |
| 3986 | The 'intentional stance' is a way of interpreting an entity by assuming it is rational and self-aware [Dennett] |
| 3987 | Like the 'centre of gravity', desires and beliefs are abstract concepts with no actual existence [Dennett] |
| 3984 | The nature of content is entirely based on its functional role [Dennett] |
| 2672 | Virtues must be very detached, to avoid being motivated by pleasure [Cicero] |
| 3983 | Learning is evolution in the brain [Dennett] |
| 20644 | Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin] |
| 3985 | Biology is a type of engineering, not a search for laws of nature [Dennett] |