11 ideas
9358 | There are several logics, none of which will ever derive falsehoods from truth [Lewis,CI] |
9357 | Excluded middle is just our preference for a simplified dichotomy in experience [Lewis,CI] |
9364 | Names represent a uniformity in experience, or they name nothing [Lewis,CI] |
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |