12 ideas
| 17644 | Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam] |
| 17648 | It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam] |
| 17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
| 579 | Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
| 17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
| 578 | Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
| 17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |
| 21277 | Even an imperfect machine can exhibit obvious design [Paley] |
| 21275 | Unlike a stone, the parts of a watch are obviously assembled in order to show the time [Paley] |
| 21276 | From the obvious purpose and structure of a watch we must infer that it was designed [Paley] |
| 21357 | No organ shows purpose more obviously than the eyelid [Paley] |
| 21278 | All the signs of design found in a watch are also found in nature [Paley] |