13 ideas
22642 | Man has an intense natural interest in the consistency of his own thinking [James] |
9358 | There are several logics, none of which will ever derive falsehoods from truth [Lewis,CI] |
9357 | Excluded middle is just our preference for a simplified dichotomy in experience [Lewis,CI] |
9364 | Names represent a uniformity in experience, or they name nothing [Lewis,CI] |
22641 | Realities just are, and beliefs are true of them [James] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
22640 | We find satisfaction in consistency of all of our beliefs, perceptions and mental connections [James] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
12167 | Reference without predication is the characteristic of expression [Scruton] |
12166 | If music refers to love, it contains no predication, so it is expression, not language [Scruton] |
12168 | Music is not representational, since thoughts about a subject are never essential to it [Scruton] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |