4 ideas
3291 | Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel] |
16629 | By comparing qualities and features, reason can gradually infer the nature of substance [Grosseteste] |
9591 | The human intellect has not been, and cannot be, fully formalized [Nagel/Newman] |
3290 | Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel] |