10 ideas
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] |
18265 | We don't judge by combining subject and concept; we get a concept by splitting up a judgement [Frege] |
6012 | We must choose in which of the virtues we wish to excel [Panaetius] |
6013 | Panaetius said we should live according to our natural starting-points [Panaetius, by Asmis] |
6014 | Panaetius identified courage with great-mindedness, preferring civic courage to military [Panaetius, by Asmis] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |
5888 | Souls are born, since they are sensitive and inherited, so they must perish [Panaetius, by Cicero] |