20 ideas
22366 | There is no objectivity in social sciences - only viewpoints for selecting and organising data [Weber] |
22367 | The results of social research can be true, and not just subjectively valid for one person [Weber] |
7401 | Heat and colour don't exist, so cannot mislead about the external world [Galileo, by Tuck] |
5454 | Tastes, odours and colours only reside in consciousness, and would disappear with creatures [Galileo] |
7082 | Nature requires causal explanations, but society requires clarification by reasons and motives [Weber, by Critchley] |
16560 | Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
22155 | We are disenchanted because we rely on science, which ignores values [Weber, by Boulter] |
6012 | We must choose in which of the virtues we wish to excel [Panaetius] |
6013 | Panaetius said we should live according to our natural starting-points [Panaetius, by Asmis] |
6014 | Panaetius identified courage with great-mindedness, preferring civic courage to military [Panaetius, by Asmis] |
20725 | The idea of duty in one's calling haunts us, like a lost religion [Weber] |
21132 | Domination is probable obedience by some group of persons [Weber] |
20722 | Acquisition and low consumption lead to saving, investment, and increased wealth [Weber] |
20724 | When asceticism emerged from the monasteries, it helped to drive the modern economy [Weber] |
20717 | Capitalism is not unlimited greed, and may even be opposed to greed [Weber] |
20718 | Modern western capitalism has free labour, business separate from household, and book-keeping [Weber] |
3645 | To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo] |
19673 | Galileo mathematised movement, and revealed its invariable component - acceleration [Galileo, by Meillassoux] |
20719 | Punish the heretic, but be indulgent to the sinner [Weber] |
5888 | Souls are born, since they are sensitive and inherited, so they must perish [Panaetius, by Cicero] |