6 ideas
5437 | The claim of hermeneutics to give knowledge through understanding is challenged by positivism [Mautner on Dilthey] |
9182 | Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett] |
5436 | Natural science seeks explanation; human sciences seek understanding [Dilthey, by Mautner] |
9181 | The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett] |
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] |