15 ideas
15970 | People generalise because it is easier to understand, and that is mistaken for deep philosophy [Feynman] |
9837 | 0 is not a number, as it answers 'how many?' negatively [Husserl, by Dummett] |
9576 | Multiplicity in general is just one and one and one, etc. [Husserl] |
17444 | Husserl said counting is more basic than Frege's one-one correspondence [Husserl, by Heck] |
12270 | Being is one [Melissus, by Aristotle] |
9575 | Husserl identifies a positive mental act of unification, and a negative mental act for differences [Husserl, by Frege] |
21214 | We clarify concepts (e.g. numbers) by determining their psychological origin [Husserl, by Velarde-Mayol] |
9819 | Psychologism blunders in focusing on concept-formation instead of delineating the concepts [Dummett on Husserl] |
9851 | Husserl wanted to keep a shadowy remnant of abstracted objects, to correlate them [Dummett on Husserl] |
9410 | Physical Laws are rhythms and patterns in nature, revealed by analysis [Feynman] |
3059 | There is no real motion, only the appearance of it [Melissus, by Diog. Laertius] |
18530 | Nobody understands quantum mechanics [Feynman] |
5100 | The void is not required for change, because a plenum can alter in quality [Aristotle on Melissus] |
17707 | We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares] |
456 | Nothing could come out of nothing [Melissus] |