8 ideas
16756 | Substantial forms must exist, to explain the stability of metals like silver and tin [Albertus Magnus] |
16978 | If conceivability is a priori coherence, that implies possibility [Tahko] |
16718 | Primary qualities are the cause of all the other sensible qualities [Albertus Magnus] |
16975 | Essences are used to explain natural kinds, modality, and causal powers [Tahko] |
1757 | The Electra: she knows this man, but not that he is her brother [Eucleides, by Diog. Laertius] |
3028 | The chief good is unity, sometimes seen as prudence, or God, or intellect [Eucleides] |
16976 | Scientific essentialists tend to characterise essence in terms of modality (not vice versa) [Tahko] |
16977 | If essence is modal and laws are necessary, essentialist knowledge is found by scientists [Tahko] |