5 ideas
18699 | Carnap tried to define all scientific predicates in terms of primitive relations, using type theory [Carnap, by Button] |
2799 | Bayes' theorem explains why very surprising predictions have a higher value as evidence [Horwich] |
2798 | Probability of H, given evidence E, is prob(H) x prob(E given H) / prob(E) [Horwich] |
12131 | All concepts can be derived from a few basics, making possible one science of everything [Carnap, by Brody] |
6011 | There is a remote first god (the Good), and a second god who organises the material world [Numenius, by O'Meara] |