21 ideas
12104 | All ideas must be understood historically [Comte] |
12105 | Our knowledge starts in theology, passes through metaphysics, and ends in positivism [Comte] |
12112 | Metaphysics is just the oversubtle qualification of abstract names for phenomena [Comte] |
12106 | Positivism gives up absolute truth, and seeks phenomenal laws, by reason and observation [Comte] |
7491 | The phases of human thought are theological, then metaphysical, then positivist [Comte, by Watson] |
12111 | Positivism is the final state of human intelligence [Comte] |
12114 | Science can drown in detail, so we need broad scientists (to keep out the metaphysicians) [Comte] |
12116 | Only positivist philosophy can terminate modern social crises [Comte] |
15959 | If the substantial form of brass implies its stability, how can it melt and remain brass? [Alexander,P] |
15956 | The peripatetics treated forms and real qualities as independent of matter, and non-material [Alexander,P] |
12108 | All real knowledge rests on observed facts [Comte] |
12109 | We must observe in order to form theories, but connected observations need prior theories [Comte] |
12107 | Positivism explains facts by connecting particular phenomena with general facts [Comte] |
15975 | Can the qualities of a body be split into two groups, where the smaller explains the larger? [Alexander,P] |
12115 | Introspection is pure illusion; we can obviously observe everything except ourselves [Comte] |
3015 | The virtue of man is thoughtful foresight of future events [Chilo, by Diog. Laertius] |
15963 | Science has been partly motivated by the belief that the universe is run by God's laws [Alexander,P] |
12113 | The search for first or final causes is futile [Comte] |
15951 | Alchemists tried to separate out essences, which influenced later chemistry [Alexander,P] |
12110 | We can never know origins, purposes or inner natures [Comte] |
15981 | Absolute space either provides locations, or exists but lacks 'marks' for locations [Alexander,P] |