Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Philosophical Essay on Probability', 'The Nature of Existence vol.1' and 'Realism and Anti-Realism'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

---

4 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

15049

Metaphysical realists are committed to all unambiguous statements being true or not true [Dummett]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

22628

Substance has to exist, with no intrinsic qualities or relations [McTaggart]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

7458	The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism

3441	If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace]