14 ideas
9777 | Kant was the first philosopher [Zizek] |
9778 | There is no dialogue in philosophy [Zizek] |
9779 | Philosophy is transcendental questioning (not supporting science or constructing ontology) [Zizek] |
8361 | What is true used to be possible, but it may no longer be so [Wright,GHv] |
9780 | Consciousness is a malfunction of evolution [Zizek] |
9781 | Tolerance and love are strategies to avoid encountering our neighbours [Zizek] |
22745 | Pherecydes said the first principle and element is earth [Pherecydes, by Sext.Empiricus] |
8363 | p is a cause and q an effect (not vice versa) if manipulations of p change q [Wright,GHv] |
8364 | We can imagine controlling floods by controlling rain, but not vice versa [Wright,GHv] |
8366 | The very notion of a cause depends on agency and action [Wright,GHv] |
8362 | We give regularities a causal character by subjecting them to experiment [Wright,GHv] |
8360 | We must further analyse conditions for causation, into quantifiers or modal concepts [Wright,GHv] |
8365 | Some laws are causal (Ohm's Law), but others are conceptual principles (conservation of energy) [Wright,GHv] |
5883 | Pherecydes was the first to say that the soul is eternal [Pherecydes, by Cicero] |