16 ideas
17809 | Gödel showed that the syntactic approach to the infinite is of limited value [Kreisel] |
17810 | The study of mathematical foundations needs new non-mathematical concepts [Kreisel] |
22180 | Multiple realisability is said to make reduction impossible [Okasha] |
22172 | Not all sciences are experimental; astronomy relies on careful observation [Okasha] |
22177 | Randomised Control Trials have a treatment and a control group, chosen at random [Okasha] |
22174 | The discoverers of Neptune didn't change their theory because of an anomaly [Okasha] |
22175 | Science mostly aims at confirming theories, rather than falsifying them [Okasha] |
22182 | Theories with unobservables are underdetermined by the evidence [Okasha] |
22185 | Two things can't be incompatible if they are incommensurable [Okasha] |
22176 | Induction is inferences from examined to unexamined instances of a given kind [Okasha] |
22178 | If the rules only concern changes of belief, and not the starting point, absurd views can look ratiional [Okasha] |
22745 | Pherecydes said the first principle and element is earth [Pherecydes, by Sext.Empiricus] |
22173 | Galileo refuted the Aristotelian theory that heavier objects fall faster [Okasha] |
17811 | The natural conception of points ducks the problem of naming or constructing each point [Kreisel] |
17366 | Virtually all modern views of speciation rest on relational rather than intrinsic features [Okasha] |
5883 | Pherecydes was the first to say that the soul is eternal [Pherecydes, by Cicero] |