13 ideas
| 21855 | Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord] |
| 22189 | Why abandon a theory if you don't have a better one? [Gorham] |
| 22190 | If a theory is more informative it is less probable [Gorham] |
| 22192 | Is Newton simpler with universal simultaneity, or Einstein simpler without absolute time? [Gorham] |
| 22194 | Structural Realism says mathematical structures persist after theory rejection [Gorham] |
| 22195 | Structural Realists must show the mathematics is both crucial and separate [Gorham] |
| 22196 | For most scientists their concepts are not just useful, but are meant to be true and accurate [Gorham] |
| 22197 | Theories aren't just for organising present experience if they concern the past or future [Gorham] |
| 22193 | Consilience makes the component sciences more likely [Gorham] |
| 21866 | Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord] |
| 13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
| 22198 | Aristotelian physics has circular celestial motion and linear earthly motion [Gorham] |
| 20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |