6 ideas
16676 | Why use more things when fewer will do? [William of Ockham] |
9182 | Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett] |
9181 | The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
16675 | Every extended material substance is composed of parts distant from one another [William of Ockham] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |