17 ideas
9358 | There are several logics, none of which will ever derive falsehoods from truth [Lewis,CI] |
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] |
13445 | Descartes showed a one-one order-preserving match between points on a line and the real numbers [Descartes, by Hart,WD] |
16774 | Descartes thinks distinguishing substances from aggregates is pointless [Descartes, by Pasnau] |
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] |
7400 | Descartes said images can refer to objects without resembling them (as words do) [Descartes, by Tuck] |
4310 | We have inner awareness of our freedom [Descartes] |
14802 | Physical and psychical laws of mind are either independent, or derived in one or other direction [Peirce] |
6553 | Descartes discussed the interaction problem, and compared it with gravity [Descartes, by Lycan] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
19676 | Nature is devoid of thought [Descartes, by Meillassoux] |
6518 | Matter can't just be Descartes's geometry, because a filler of the spaces is needed [Robinson,H on Descartes] |
14800 | The world is full of variety, but laws seem to produce uniformity [Peirce] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |
14801 | Darwinian evolution is chance, with the destruction of bad results [Peirce] |