6 ideas
16676 | Why use more things when fewer will do? [William of Ockham] |
13418 | The old problems with the axiom of choice are probably better ascribed to the law of excluded middle [Parsons,C] |
13419 | If functions are transfinite objects, finitists can have no conception of them [Parsons,C] |
13417 | If a mathematical structure is rejected from a physical theory, it retains its mathematical status [Parsons,C] |
3016 | Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius] |
16675 | Every extended material substance is composed of parts distant from one another [William of Ockham] |