16 ideas
17884 | Mathematical set theory has many plausible stopping points, such as finitism, and predicativism [Koellner] |
17893 | 'Reflection principles' say the whole truth about sets can't be captured [Koellner] |
17894 | We have no argument to show a statement is absolutely undecidable [Koellner] |
17890 | There are at least eleven types of large cardinal, of increasing logical strength [Koellner] |
17887 | PA is consistent as far as we can accept, and we expand axioms to overcome limitations [Koellner] |
17891 | Arithmetical undecidability is always settled at the next stage up [Koellner] |
19419 | Not all of perception is accompanied by consciousness [Leibniz] |
22371 | Determinism threatens free will if actions can be causally traced to external factors [Foot] |
19421 | Souls act as if there were no bodies, and bodies act as if there were no souls [Leibniz] |
22372 | Not all actions need motives, but it is irrational to perform troublesome actions with no motive [Foot] |
19420 | Death and generation are just transformations of an animal, augmented or diminished [Leibniz] |
22373 | People can act out of vanity without being vain, or even vain about this kind of thing [Foot] |
19416 | Not all of matter is animated, any more than a pond full of living fish is animated [Leibniz] |
19422 | Every particle of matter contains organic bodies [Leibniz] |
19418 | Mechanics shows that all motion originates in other motion, so there is a Prime Mover [Leibniz] |
19417 | All substances are in harmony, even though separate, so they must have one divine cause [Leibniz] |