12 ideas
19053 | Logic would be more natural if negation only referred to predicates [Dummett] |
19052 | Natural language 'not' doesn't apply to sentences [Dummett] |
3016 | Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius] |
22189 | Why abandon a theory if you don't have a better one? [Gorham] |
22190 | If a theory is more informative it is less probable [Gorham] |
22192 | Is Newton simpler with universal simultaneity, or Einstein simpler without absolute time? [Gorham] |
22194 | Structural Realism says mathematical structures persist after theory rejection [Gorham] |
22195 | Structural Realists must show the mathematics is both crucial and separate [Gorham] |
22196 | For most scientists their concepts are not just useful, but are meant to be true and accurate [Gorham] |
22197 | Theories aren't just for organising present experience if they concern the past or future [Gorham] |
22193 | Consilience makes the component sciences more likely [Gorham] |
22198 | Aristotelian physics has circular celestial motion and linear earthly motion [Gorham] |