10 ideas
5035 | The two basics of reasoning are contradiction and sufficient reason [Leibniz] |
17644 | Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam] |
17648 | It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam] |
17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
5038 | Assume that mind and body follow their own laws, but God has harmonised them [Leibniz] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |
5037 | God doesn't decide that Adam will sin, but that sinful Adam's existence is to be preferred [Leibniz] |