10 ideas
5437 | The claim of hermeneutics to give knowledge through understanding is challenged by positivism [Mautner on Dilthey] |
21750 | Science is sympathetic to truth as correspondence, since it depends on observation [Quine] |
18439 | Because things can share attributes, we cannot individuate attributes clearly [Quine] |
18442 | You only know an attribute if you know what things have it [Quine] |
18441 | No entity without identity (which requires a principle of individuation) [Quine] |
18440 | Identity of physical objects is just being coextensive [Quine] |
21748 | More careful inductions gradually lead to the hypothetico-deductive method [Quine] |
5436 | Natural science seeks explanation; human sciences seek understanding [Dilthey, by Mautner] |
21749 | Altruistic values concern other persons, and ceremonial values concern practices [Quine] |
21751 | Love seems to diminish with distance from oneself [Quine] |