23 ideas
6118 | Philosophy is logical analysis, followed by synthesis [Russell] |
6116 | A logical language would show up the fallacy of inferring reality from ordinary language [Russell] |
6117 | Philosophy should be built on science, to reduce error [Russell] |
6110 | Subject-predicate logic (and substance-attribute metaphysics) arise from Aryan languages [Russell] |
9358 | There are several logics, none of which will ever derive falsehoods from truth [Lewis,CI] |
6107 | It is logic, not metaphysics, that is fundamental to philosophy [Russell] |
9357 | Excluded middle is just our preference for a simplified dichotomy in experience [Lewis,CI] |
6115 | Vagueness, and simples being beyond experience, are obstacles to a logical language [Russell] |
9364 | Names represent a uniformity in experience, or they name nothing [Lewis,CI] |
6109 | Some axioms may only become accepted when they lead to obvious conclusions [Russell] |
6108 | Maths can be deduced from logical axioms and the logic of relations [Russell] |
10968 | Russell gave up logical atomism because of negative, general and belief propositions [Russell, by Read] |
6113 | To mean facts we assert them; to mean simples we name them [Russell] |
6114 | 'Simples' are not experienced, but are inferred at the limits of analysis [Russell] |
21722 | Better to construct from what is known, than to infer what is unknown [Russell] |
6111 | As propositions can be put in subject-predicate form, we wrongly infer that facts have substance-quality form [Russell] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
6112 | Meaning takes many different forms, depending on different logical types [Russell] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |