9 ideas
22115 | Wise people should contemplate and discuss the truth, and fight against falsehood [Aquinas] |
8083 | Boole applied normal algebra to logic, aiming at an algebra of thought [Boole, by Devlin] |
7727 | Boole's notation can represent syllogisms and propositional arguments, but not both at once [Boole, by Weiner] |
8686 | Boole made logic more mathematical, with algebra, quantifiers and probability [Boole, by Friend] |
22277 | Boole's method was axiomatic, achieving economy, plus multiple interpretations [Boole, by Potter] |
21846 | Bergson was a rallying point, because he emphasised becomings and multiplicities [Bergson, by Deleuze] |
21854 | Bergson showed that memory is not after the event, but coexists with it [Bergson, by Deleuze] |
20700 | Without God's influence every operation would stop, so God causes everything [Aquinas] |
15202 | Eternity coexists with passing time, as the centre of a circle coexists with its circumference [Aquinas] |