14 ideas
19588 | The highest aim of philosophy is to combine all philosophies into a unity [Novalis] |
19598 | Philosophy relies on our whole system of learning, and can thus never be complete [Novalis] |
19586 | Philosophers feed on problems, hoping they are digestible, and spiced with paradox [Novalis] |
19587 | Philosophy aims to produce a priori an absolute and artistic world system [Novalis] |
9358 | There are several logics, none of which will ever derive falsehoods from truth [Lewis,CI] |
19597 | Logic (the theory of relations) should be applied to mathematics [Novalis] |
9357 | Excluded middle is just our preference for a simplified dichotomy in experience [Lewis,CI] |
9364 | Names represent a uniformity in experience, or they name nothing [Lewis,CI] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |