12 ideas
22138 | Science rests on scholastic metaphysics, not on Hume, Kant or Carnap [Boulter] |
16740 | A power is not a cause, but an aptitude for a cause [Zabarella] |
22134 | Thoughts are general, but the world isn't, so how can we think accurately? [Boulter] |
22150 | Logical possibility needs the concepts of the proposition to be adequate [Boulter] |
22139 | Experiments don't just observe; they look to see what interventions change the natural order [Boulter] |
22136 | Science begins with sufficient reason, de-animation, and the importance of nature [Boulter] |
6027 | From the fact that some men die, we cannot infer that they all do [Philodemus] |
22135 | Our concepts can never fully capture reality, but simplification does not falsify [Boulter] |
22152 | Aristotelians accept the analytic-synthetic distinction [Boulter] |
22156 | The facts about human health are the measure of the values in our lives [Boulter] |
22241 | Don't fear god or worry about death; the good is easily got and the terrible easily cured [Philodemus] |
16571 | Prime matter is exceptionally obscure [Zabarella] |