10 ideas
15549 | If it were true that nothing at all existed, would that have a truthmaker? [Lewis] |
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] |
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
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] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
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] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |