14 ideas
22138 | Science rests on scholastic metaphysics, not on Hume, Kant or Carnap [Boulter] |
6806 | Do not multiply entities beyond necessity [William of Ockham] |
22134 | Thoughts are general, but the world isn't, so how can we think accurately? [Boulter] |
22132 | Species and genera are individual concepts which naturally signify many individuals [William of Ockham] |
22150 | Logical possibility needs the concepts of the proposition to be adequate [Boulter] |
16721 | Changes in secondary qualities are caused by changes in primary qualities [Giles of Orleans] |
22139 | Experiments don't just observe; they look to see what interventions change the natural order [Boulter] |
22136 | Science begins with sufficient reason, de-animation, and the importance of nature [Boulter] |
22135 | Our concepts can never fully capture reality, but simplification does not falsify [Boulter] |
22152 | Aristotelians accept the analytic-synthetic distinction [Boulter] |
22156 | The facts about human health are the measure of the values in our lives [Boulter] |
19381 | The past has ceased to exist, and the future does not yet exist, so time does not exist [William of Ockham] |
8010 | William of Ockham is the main spokesman for God's commands being the source of morality [William of Ockham] |
16679 | Even an angel must have some location [William of Ockham, by Pasnau] |