16 ideas
13407 | All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau] |
1564 | True and false statements can use exactly the same words [Anon (Diss)] |
13409 | Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau] |
13406 | A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau] |
13408 | Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau] |
1559 | Thracians think tattooing adds to a girl's beauty, but elsewhere it is a punishment [Anon (Diss)] |
1560 | Lydians prostitute their daughters to raise a dowery, but no Greek would marry such a girl [Anon (Diss)] |
1561 | Anything can be acceptable in some circumstances and unacceptable in others [Anon (Diss)] |
13410 | Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau] |
1567 | How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly? [Anon (Diss)] |
1563 | Every apparent crime can be right in certain circumstances [Anon (Diss), by PG] |
1562 | It is right to lie to someone, to get them to take medicine they are reluctant to take [Anon (Diss)] |
1566 | The first priority in elections is to vote for people who support democracy [Anon (Diss)] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
1565 | We learn language, and we don't know who teaches us it [Anon (Diss)] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |