6 ideas
5437 | The claim of hermeneutics to give knowledge through understanding is challenged by positivism [Mautner on Dilthey] |
5436 | Natural science seeks explanation; human sciences seek understanding [Dilthey, by Mautner] |
8406 | Not all explanations are causal, but if a thing can be explained at all, it can be explained causally [Sanford] |
8407 | A totality of conditions necessary for an occurrence is usually held to be jointly sufficient for it [Sanford] |
16713 | Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian] |
6610 | I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian] |