6 ideas
8616 | How can multiple statements, none of which is tenable, conjoin to yield a tenable conclusion? [Elgin] |
8617 | Statements that are consistent, cotenable and supportive are roughly true [Elgin] |
6019 | If someone squashed a horse to make a dog, something new would now exist [Mnesarchus] |
8618 | Coherence is a justification if truth is its best explanation (not skill in creating fiction) [Elgin] |
13165 | Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus] |
9569 | The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus] |