9 ideas
6950 | You can be rational with undetected or minor inconsistencies [Harman] |
6954 | A coherent conceptual scheme contains best explanations of most of your beliefs [Harman] |
9138 | An infinite series of sentences asserting falsehood produces the paradox without self-reference [Yablo, by Sorensen] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
6955 | Enumerative induction is inference to the best explanation [Harman] |
6952 | Induction is 'defeasible', since additional information can invalidate it [Harman] |
6953 | All reasoning is inductive, and deduction only concerns implication [Harman] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
6951 | Ordinary rationality is conservative, starting from where your beliefs currently are [Harman] |