11 ideas
7557 | To solve Zeno's paradox, reject the axiom that the whole has more terms than the parts [Russell] |
10059 | In mathematic we are ignorant of both subject-matter and truth [Russell] |
7556 | A collection is infinite if you can remove some terms without diminishing its number [Russell] |
8568 | A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor] |
8564 | There is obviously a possible predicate for every property [Mellor] |
8566 | We need universals for causation and laws of nature; the latter give them their identity [Mellor] |
8565 | If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning [Mellor] |
7554 | Self-evidence is often a mere will-o'-the-wisp [Russell] |
541 | Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |
542 | Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias] |