12 ideas
17505 | Using proper names properly doesn't involve necessary and sufficient conditions [Putnam] |
16678 | Without magnitude a thing would retain its parts, but they would have no location [Buridan] |
11908 | Putnam bases essences on 'same kind', but same kinds may not share properties [Mackie,P on Putnam] |
16793 | A thing is (less properly) the same over time if each part is succeeded by another [Buridan] |
16577 | Induction is not demonstration, because not all of the instances can be observed [Buridan] |
17508 | Science aims at truth, not at 'simplicity' [Putnam] |
16576 | Science is based on induction, for general truths about fire, rhubarb and magnets [Buridan] |
17506 | I now think reference by the tests of experts is a special case of being causally connected [Putnam] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
17507 | Natural kind stereotypes are 'strong' (obvious, like tiger) or 'weak' (obscure, like molybdenum) [Putnam] |
11904 | Express natural kinds as a posteriori predicate connections, not as singular terms [Putnam, by Mackie,P] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |