6 ideas
13157 | Choose the true hypothesis, which is the most intelligible one [Leibniz] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
13158 | The Copernican theory is right because it is the only one offering a good explanation [Leibniz] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
7071 | Life and rationality are pointless if we can only contemplate the freedom of our own ego [Jacobi] |
7072 | Jacobi was the first philosopher to talk of nihilism [Jacobi, by Critchley] |