13 ideas
8378 | Philosophers usually learn science from each other, not from science [Russell] |
8375 | 'Necessary' is a predicate of a propositional function, saying it is true for all values of its argument [Russell] |
14804 | Is chance just unknown laws? But the laws operate the same, whatever chance occurs [Peirce] |
14805 | Is there any such thing as death among the lower organisms? [Peirce] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
4396 | The law of causality is a source of confusion, and should be dropped from philosophy [Russell] |
8376 | If causes are contiguous with events, only the last bit is relevant, or the event's timing is baffling [Russell] |
8380 | Striking a match causes its igniting, even if it sometimes doesn't work [Russell] |
14806 | If the world is just mechanical, its whole specification has no more explanation than mere chance [Peirce] |
8379 | In causal laws, 'events' must recur, so they have to be universals, not particulars [Russell] |
8381 | The constancy of scientific laws rests on differential equations, not on cause and effect [Russell] |
14803 | The more precise the observations, the less reliable appear to be the laws of nature [Peirce] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |