10 ideas
13407 | All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau] |
13409 | Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau] |
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
13406 | A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau] |
13408 | Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
13410 | Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau] |
20329 | A work of art is an artifact created for the artworld [Dickie] |
16593 | Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi] |
16729 | How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi] |