24 ideas
13407 | All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau] |
192 | Only one thing can be contrary to something [Plato] |
13409 | Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau] |
18529 | Relations are expressed either as absolute facts, or by a relational concept [William of Ockham] |
190 | If asked whether justice itself is just or unjust, you would have to say that it is just [Plato] |
16779 | Cut wood doesn't make a new substance, but seems to make separate subjects [William of Ockham] |
16757 | Hot water naturally cools down, which is due to the substantial form of the water [William of Ockham] |
20185 | The most important things in life are wisdom and knowledge [Plato] |
20184 | The only real evil is loss of knowledge [Plato] |
13406 | A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau] |
13408 | Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau] |
9102 | If an animal approached from a distance, we might abstract 'animal' from one instance [William of Ockham] |
191 | Everything resembles everything else up to a point [Plato] |
9114 | There are no secure foundations to prove the separate existence of mind, in reason or experience [William of Ockham] |
13410 | Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau] |
203 | Courage is knowing what should or shouldn't be feared [Plato] |
202 | No one willingly and knowingly embraces evil [Plato] |
193 | Some things are good even though they are not beneficial to men [Plato] |
197 | Some pleasures are not good, and some pains are not evil [Plato] |
200 | People tend only to disapprove of pleasure if it leads to pain, or prevents future pleasure [Plato] |
188 | Socrates did not believe that virtue could be taught [Plato] |
204 | Socrates is contradicting himself in claiming virtue can't be taught, but that it is knowledge [Plato] |
189 | If we punish wrong-doers, it shows that we believe virtue can be taught [Plato] |
9115 | To love God means to love whatever God wills to be loved [William of Ockham] |