36 ideas
21584 | A sense of timelessness is essential to wisdom [Russell] |
21572 | Philosophical disputes are mostly hopeless, because philosophers don't understand each other [Russell] |
21571 | Philosophical systems are interesting, but we now need a more objective scientific philosophy [Russell] |
21574 | Hegel's confusions over 'is' show how vast systems can be built on simple errors [Russell] |
21587 | Philosophers sometimes neglect truth and distort facts to attain a nice system [Russell] |
21582 | Physicists accept particles, points and instants, while pretending they don't do metaphysics [Russell] |
17651 | Without words or other symbols, we have no world [Goodman] |
21573 | When problems are analysed properly, they are either logical, or not philosophical at all [Russell] |
15575 | Knowledge is not a static set of correct propositions, but a continuing search for better interpretations [Polt] |
17652 | Truth is irrelevant if no statements are involved [Goodman] |
21588 | Logic gives the method of research in philosophy [Russell] |
21586 | The logical connectives are not objects, but are formal, and need a context [Russell] |
21585 | The tortoise won't win, because infinite instants don't compose an infinitely long time [Russell] |
17656 | Being primitive or prior always depends on a constructional system [Goodman] |
17661 | We don't recognise patterns - we invent them [Goodman] |
21684 | Atomic facts may be inferrable from others, but never from non-atomic facts [Russell] |
17659 | Reality is largely a matter of habit [Goodman] |
17657 | We build our world, and ignore anything that won't fit [Goodman] |
22316 | A positive and negative fact have the same constituents; their difference is primitive [Russell] |
17654 | A world can be full of variety or not, depending on how we sort it [Goodman] |
21576 | With asymmetrical relations (before/after) the reduction to properties is impossible [Russell] |
21575 | When we attribute a common quality to a group, we can forget the quality and just talk of the group [Russell] |
17653 | Things can only be judged the 'same' by citing some respect of sameness [Goodman] |
15568 | When we consider possibilities, there must be something we are considering [Polt] |
21580 | Science condemns sense-data and accepts matter, but a logical construction must link them [Russell] |
21583 | When sense-data change, there must be indistinguishable sense-data in the process [Russell] |
21577 | Empirical truths are particular, so general truths need an a priori input of generality [Russell] |
17660 | Discovery is often just finding a fit, like a jigsaw puzzle [Goodman] |
21579 | Objects are treated as real when they connect with other experiences in a normal way [Russell] |
21578 | Global scepticism is irrefutable, but can't replace our other beliefs, and just makes us hesitate [Russell] |
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] |
6416 | Other minds seem to exist, because their testimony supports realism about the world [Russell, by Grayling] |
17649 | If the world is one it has many aspects, and if there are many worlds they will collect into one [Goodman] |
21581 | We never experience times, but only succession of events [Russell] |