5 ideas
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 3648 | Empiricists are collecting ants; rationalists are spinning spiders; and bees do both [Bacon] |
| 22137 | Observation can force rejection of some part of the initial set of claims [Duhem, by Boulter] |
| 18197 | Experiments only test groups of hypotheses, and can't show which one is wrong [Duhem] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |