7 ideas
6602 | Philosophy is like a statue which is worshipped but never advances [Bacon] |
17622 | We come to believe mathematical propositions via their grounding in the structure [Burge] |
8203 | All the arithmetical entities can be reduced to classes of integers, and hence to sets [Quine] |
16724 | The senses deceive, but also show their own errors [Bacon] |
6603 | Nature is revealed when we put it under pressure rather than observe it [Bacon] |
8202 | Meaning is essence divorced from things and wedded to words [Quine] |
8201 | The distinction between meaning and further information is as vague as the essence/accident distinction [Quine] |