10 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
21750 | Science is sympathetic to truth as correspondence, since it depends on observation [Quine] |
7855 | Some suggest that materialism is empty, because 'physical' cannot be properly characterized [Mellor/Crane, by Papineau] |
21748 | More careful inductions gradually lead to the hypothetico-deductive method [Quine] |
6120 | Causation depends on intrinsic properties [Mellor/Crane] |
6121 | There are many psychophysicals laws - about the effects of sweets, colours and soft cushions [Mellor/Crane] |
6122 | No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane] |
21749 | Altruistic values concern other persons, and ceremonial values concern practices [Quine] |
21751 | Love seems to diminish with distance from oneself [Quine] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |