4 ideas
9916 | Convention, yes! Arbitrary, no! [Poincaré, by Putnam] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
21507 | Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |