11 ideas
6602 | Philosophy is like a statue which is worshipped but never advances [Bacon] |
10911 | Part-whole is the key relation among truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith] |
10909 | Truth-makers cannot be the designata of the sentences they make true [Mulligan/Simons/Smith] |
10906 | Moments (objects which cannot exist alone) may serve as truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith] |
10907 | The truth-maker for a sentence may not be unique, or may be a combination, or several separate items [Mulligan/Simons/Smith] |
10912 | Despite negative propositions, truthmakers are not logical complexes, but ordinary experiences [Mulligan/Simons/Smith] |
10908 | Correspondence has to invoke facts or states of affairs, just to serve as truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith] |
16724 | The senses deceive, but also show their own errors [Bacon] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
6603 | Nature is revealed when we put it under pressure rather than observe it [Bacon] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |