9 ideas
17423 | The essence of natural numbers must reflect all the functions they perform [Sicha] |
17424 | Counting puts an initial segment of a serial ordering 1-1 with some other entities [Sicha] |
17425 | To know how many, you need a numerical quantifier, as well as equinumerosity [Sicha] |
14369 | Understanding is a precondition, comes in degrees, is active, and holistic - unlike explanation [Strevens] |
14365 | Scientific understanding is always the grasping of a correct explanation [Strevens] |
14368 | We may 'understand that' the cat is on the mat, but not at all 'understand why' it is there [Strevens] |
4054 | I may exist before I become a person, just as I exist before I become an adult [Lockwood] |
4055 | It isn't obviously wicked to destroy a potential human being (e.g. an ununited egg and sperm) [Lockwood] |
4056 | If the soul is held to leave the body at brain-death, it should arrive at the time of brain-creation [Lockwood] |