9 ideas
21552 | Common speech is vague; its vocabulary and syntax must be modified, for precision [Russell] |
14779 | I reason in order to avoid disappointment and surprise [Peirce] |
21551 | Empirical words need ostensive definition, which makes them egocentric [Russell] |
14777 | That a judgement is true and that we judge it true are quite different things [Peirce] |
14780 | Only study logic if you think your own reasoning is deficient [Peirce] |
14778 | Facts are hard unmoved things, unaffected by what people may think of them [Peirce] |
19696 | There are reasons 'for which' a belief is held, reasons 'why' it is believed, and reasons 'to' believe it [Neta] |
19697 | The basing relation of a reason to a belief should both support and explain the belief [Neta] |
21550 | Science reduces indexicals to a minimum, but they can never be eliminated from empirical matters [Russell] |