9 ideas
5437 | The claim of hermeneutics to give knowledge through understanding is challenged by positivism [Mautner on Dilthey] |
6950 | You can be rational with undetected or minor inconsistencies [Harman] |
6954 | A coherent conceptual scheme contains best explanations of most of your beliefs [Harman] |
15049 | Metaphysical realists are committed to all unambiguous statements being true or not true [Dummett] |
6955 | Enumerative induction is inference to the best explanation [Harman] |
6952 | Induction is 'defeasible', since additional information can invalidate it [Harman] |
6953 | All reasoning is inductive, and deduction only concerns implication [Harman] |
5436 | Natural science seeks explanation; human sciences seek understanding [Dilthey, by Mautner] |
6951 | Ordinary rationality is conservative, starting from where your beliefs currently are [Harman] |