8 ideas
| 18969 | How do you distinguish three beliefs from four beliefs or two beliefs? [Quine] |
| 2799 | Bayes' theorem explains why very surprising predictions have a higher value as evidence [Horwich] |
| 2798 | Probability of H, given evidence E, is prob(H) x prob(E given H) / prob(E) [Horwich] |
| 18967 | A 'proposition' is said to be the timeless cognitive part of the meaning of a sentence [Quine] |
| 18968 | The problem with propositions is their individuation. When do two sentences express one proposition? [Quine] |
| 13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
| 18970 | The concept of a 'point' makes no sense without the idea of absolute position [Quine] |
| 20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |