6 ideas
14296 | Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine] |
20949 | Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder] |
7669 | We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin] |
21947 | Power is localised, so we either have totalitarian centralisation, or local politics [Foucault, by Gutting] |
7668 | Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin] |
21946 | Prisons gradually became our models for schools, hospitals and factories [Foucault, by Gutting] |