11 ideas
14767 | The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce] |
14764 | I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce] |
14768 | Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce] |
14765 | Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age [Peirce] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
14766 | Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce] |
23111 | If we say that freedom depends on rationality, the irrational actions are not free [Sidgwick] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
23059 | Self-interest is not rational, if the self is just a succession of memories and behaviour [Sidgwick, by Gray] |
4129 | It is self-evident (from the point of view of the Universe) that no individual has more importance than another [Sidgwick] |
20588 | Sidwick argues for utilitarian institutions, rather than actions [Sidgwick, by Tuckness/Wolf] |