12 ideas
13407 | All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau] |
21054 | Reason enables the unbounded extension of our rules and intentions [Kant] |
13409 | Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau] |
13406 | A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau] |
13408 | Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau] |
21053 | The manifest will in the world of phenomena has to conform to the laws of nature [Kant] |
13410 | Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau] |
21055 | Our aim is a constitution which combines maximum freedom with strong restraint [Kant] |
21056 | The vitality of business needs maximum freedom (while avoiding harm to others) [Kant] |
21057 | The highest ideal of social progress is a universal cosmopolitan existence [Kant] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |