13 ideas
6019 | If someone squashed a horse to make a dog, something new would now exist [Mnesarchus] |
22142 | In future, only logical limits can be placed on divine omnipotence [Anon (Par), by Boulter] |
5163 | Basic propositions refer to a single experience, are incorrigible, and conclusively verifiable [Ayer] |
16716 | It is heresy to require self-evident foundational principles in order to be certain [Anon (Par)] |
5167 | The argument from analogy fails, so the best account of other minds is behaviouristic [Ayer] |
5164 | A statement is meaningful if observation statements can be deduced from it [Ayer] |
5165 | Directly verifiable statements must entail at least one new observation statement [Ayer] |
5166 | The principle of verification is not an empirical hypothesis, but a definition [Ayer] |
5162 | Sentences only express propositions if they are meaningful; otherwise they are 'statements' [Ayer] |
5168 | Moral approval and disapproval concerns classes of actions, rather than particular actions [Ayer] |
1866 | It is heresy to teach that history repeats every 36,000 years [Anon (Par)] |
1865 | It is heresy to teach that natural impossibilities cannot even be achieved by God [Anon (Par)] |
1864 | It is heresy to teach that we can know God by his essence in this mortal life [Anon (Par)] |