21 ideas
17651 | Without words or other symbols, we have no world [Goodman] |
17652 | Truth is irrelevant if no statements are involved [Goodman] |
17656 | Being primitive or prior always depends on a constructional system [Goodman] |
17661 | We don't recognise patterns - we invent them [Goodman] |
17659 | Reality is largely a matter of habit [Goodman] |
17657 | We build our world, and ignore anything that won't fit [Goodman] |
17654 | A world can be full of variety or not, depending on how we sort it [Goodman] |
17653 | Things can only be judged the 'same' by citing some respect of sameness [Goodman] |
17660 | Discovery is often just finding a fit, like a jigsaw puzzle [Goodman] |
17658 | Users of digital thermometers recognise no temperatures in the gaps [Goodman] |
17650 | We lack frames of reference to transform physics, biology and psychology into one another [Goodman] |
17655 | Grue and green won't be in the same world, as that would block induction entirely [Goodman] |
8122 | True works of art transmit completely new feelings [Tolstoy] |
8121 | Art is when one man uses external signs to hand on his feelings to another man [Tolstoy] |
8124 | The highest feelings of mankind can only be transmitted by art [Tolstoy] |
8123 | The purpose of art is to help mankind to evolve better, more socially beneficial feelings [Tolstoy] |
22710 | People estimate art according to their moral values [Tolstoy] |
8125 | The upper classes put beauty first, and thus freed themselves from morality [Tolstoy] |
8064 | We separate the concept of beauty from goodness, unlike the ancients [Tolstoy] |
17649 | If the world is one it has many aspects, and if there are many worlds they will collect into one [Goodman] |
20716 | False prophets will perform wonders to deceive even the elect [Mark] |