15 ideas
22138 | Science rests on scholastic metaphysics, not on Hume, Kant or Carnap [Boulter] |
14626 | In S5 matters of possibility and necessity are non-contingent [Williamson] |
22134 | Thoughts are general, but the world isn't, so how can we think accurately? [Boulter] |
14625 | Necessity is counterfactually implied by its negation; possibility does not counterfactually imply its negation [Williamson] |
22150 | Logical possibility needs the concepts of the proposition to be adequate [Boulter] |
14623 | Strict conditionals imply counterfactual conditionals: □(A⊃B)⊃(A□→B) [Williamson] |
14624 | Counterfactual conditionals transmit possibility: (A□→B)⊃(◊A⊃◊B) [Williamson] |
14531 | Rather than define counterfactuals using necessity, maybe necessity is a special case of counterfactuals [Williamson, by Hale/Hoffmann,A] |
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] |
22135 | Our concepts can never fully capture reality, but simplification does not falsify [Boulter] |
14628 | Imagination is important, in evaluating possibility and necessity, via counterfactuals [Williamson] |
22152 | Aristotelians accept the analytic-synthetic distinction [Boulter] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
22156 | The facts about human health are the measure of the values in our lives [Boulter] |