20 ideas
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 17651 | Without words or other symbols, we have no world [Goodman] |
| 21054 | Reason enables the unbounded extension of our rules and intentions [Kant] |
| 17652 | Truth is irrelevant if no statements are involved [Goodman] |
| 17656 | Being primitive or prior always depends on a constructional system [Goodman] |
| 17661 | We don't recognise patterns - we invent them [Goodman] |
| 17659 | Reality is largely a matter of habit [Goodman] |
| 17657 | We build our world, and ignore anything that won't fit [Goodman] |
| 17654 | A world can be full of variety or not, depending on how we sort it [Goodman] |
| 17653 | Things can only be judged the 'same' by citing some respect of sameness [Goodman] |
| 17660 | Discovery is often just finding a fit, like a jigsaw puzzle [Goodman] |
| 17658 | Users of digital thermometers recognise no temperatures in the gaps [Goodman] |
| 17650 | We lack frames of reference to transform physics, biology and psychology into one another [Goodman] |
| 17655 | Grue and green won't be in the same world, as that would block induction entirely [Goodman] |
| 21053 | The manifest will in the world of phenomena has to conform to the laws of nature [Kant] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
| 21055 | Our aim is a constitution which combines maximum freedom with strong restraint [Kant] |
| 21056 | The vitality of business needs maximum freedom (while avoiding harm to others) [Kant] |
| 21057 | The highest ideal of social progress is a universal cosmopolitan existence [Kant] |
| 17649 | If the world is one it has many aspects, and if there are many worlds they will collect into one [Goodman] |