18 ideas
1542 | Diogenes of Apollonia was the last natural scientist [Diogenes of Apollonia, by Simplicius] |
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] |
489 | Each thing must be in some way unique [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
21971 | Transcendental philosophy is the subject becoming the originator of unified reality [Kant] |
483 | Start a thesis with something undisputable [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
1544 | Perception must be an internal matter, because we can fail to perceive when we are preoccupied [Diogenes of Apollonia, by Theophrastus] |
24042 | The older Diogenes said the soul is air, made of the smallest particles [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
5995 | Diogenes of Apollonia offered the first teleological account of cosmology [Diogenes of Apollonia, by Robinson,TM] |
484 | Everything is ultimately a variation of one underlying thing [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
488 | Air is divine, because it is in and around everything, and arranges everything [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
486 | Plants and animals can only come into existence if something fixes their species [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
485 | Things must retain their essential nature during change, or mixing would be impossible [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |