10 ideas
12801 | Coherentists seek relations among beliefs that are simple, conservative and explanatory [Foley] |
13007 | Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz] |
7855 | Some suggest that materialism is empty, because 'physical' cannot be properly characterized [Mellor/Crane, by Papineau] |
19708 | Rational internal belief is conviction that a proposition enhances a belief system [Foley, by Vahid] |
12800 | Externalists want to understand knowledge, Internalists want to understand justification [Foley] |
12802 | We aren't directly pragmatic about belief, but pragmatic about the deliberation which precedes it [Foley] |
12803 | Justification comes from acceptable procedures, given practical constraints [Foley] |
6120 | Causation depends on intrinsic properties [Mellor/Crane] |
6121 | There are many psychophysicals laws - about the effects of sweets, colours and soft cushions [Mellor/Crane] |
6122 | No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane] |