13 ideas
13007 | Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz] |
16668 | Modes of things exist in some way, without being full-blown substances [Gassendi] |
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
2986 | Belief is the most important propositional attitude [Lyons] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
2978 | Consciousness no longer seems essential to intentionality [Lyons] |
3400 | Things must have parts to intermingle [Gassendi] |
2984 | Perceptions could give us information without symbolic representation [Lyons] |
2979 | Propositional attitudes require representation [Lyons] |
2987 | Folk psychology works badly for alien cultures [Lyons] |
2977 | All thinking has content [Lyons] |
16593 | Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi] |
16729 | How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi] |