6 ideas
| 6782 | Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam] |
| 19043 | Bivalence applies not just to sentences, but that general terms are true or false of each object [Quine] |
| 22181 | Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha] |
| 19042 | Terms learned by ostension tend to be vague, because that must be quick and unrefined [Quine] |
| 15391 | A substance is, roughly, a basic being or subject at the foundation of reality [Robb] |
| 15392 | If an object survives the loss of a part, complex objects can have autonomy over their parts [Robb] |