11 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
5044 | Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz] |
14919 | Empiricists deny what is unobservable, and reject objective modality [Fraassen] |
6783 | To 'accept' a theory is not to believe it, but to believe it empirically adequate [Fraassen, by Bird] |
14917 | To accept a scientific theory, we only need to believe that it is empirically adequate [Fraassen] |
6784 | Why should the true explanation be one of the few we have actually thought of? [Fraassen, by Bird] |
13066 | An explanation is just descriptive information answering a particular question [Fraassen, by Salmon] |
5045 | No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz] |
5046 | The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
5043 | To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz] |