21 ideas
| 12104 | All ideas must be understood historically [Comte] |
| 12105 | Our knowledge starts in theology, passes through metaphysics, and ends in positivism [Comte] |
| 12112 | Metaphysics is just the oversubtle qualification of abstract names for phenomena [Comte] |
| 12106 | Positivism gives up absolute truth, and seeks phenomenal laws, by reason and observation [Comte] |
| 12111 | Positivism is the final state of human intelligence [Comte] |
| 12114 | Science can drown in detail, so we need broad scientists (to keep out the metaphysicians) [Comte] |
| 12116 | Only positivist philosophy can terminate modern social crises [Comte] |
| 3644 | Two things being joined together doesn't prove they are the same [Descartes] |
| 21315 | A tree remains the same in the popular sense, but not in the strict philosophical sense [Butler] |
| 12108 | All real knowledge rests on observed facts [Comte] |
| 3621 | Only judgement decides which of our senses are reliable [Descartes] |
| 12109 | We must observe in order to form theories, but connected observations need prior theories [Comte] |
| 12107 | Positivism explains facts by connecting particular phenomena with general facts [Comte] |
| 21317 | Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler] |
| 12115 | Introspection is pure illusion; we can obviously observe everything except ourselves [Comte] |
| 21313 | If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler] |
| 21314 | Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler] |
| 21318 | If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future [Butler] |
| 12113 | The search for first or final causes is futile [Comte] |
| 12110 | We can never know origins, purposes or inner natures [Comte] |
| 3637 | Ideas in God's mind only have value if he makes it so [Descartes] |