9 ideas
13407 | All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau] |
13409 | Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau] |
22320 | An 'object' is just what can be referred to without possible non-existence [Wittgenstein] |
13406 | A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau] |
13408 | Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau] |
18283 | Language pictures the essence of the world [Wittgenstein] |
18282 | You can't believe it if you can't imagine a verification for it [Wittgenstein] |
13410 | Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |