8 ideas
22026 | Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis] |
17644 | Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam] |
17648 | It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam] |
17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
19398 | Minds are best explained by their ends, and bodies by efficient causes [Leibniz] |
19591 | Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |