9 ideas
17644 | Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam] |
17648 | It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam] |
17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
4760 | Belief aims at knowledge (rather than truth), and mere believing is a kind of botched knowing [Williamson] |
23888 | Knowledge is beyond question, as an unavoidable component of thinking [Weil] |
19512 | Don't analyse knowledge; use knowledge to analyse other concepts in epistemology [Williamson, by DeRose] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
23887 | Art (like philosophy) establishes a relation between world and self, and between oneself and others [Weil] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |