7 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] |
16674 | The quantity is just the matter, in that it has extended parts and is diffuse [Charleton] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
7091 | The argument from analogy is not a strong inference, since the other being might be an actor or a robot [Grayling] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |