10 ideas
14963 | Surely the past phases of a thing are not parts of the thing? [Broad] |
14759 | A thing is simply a long event, linked by qualities, and spatio-temporal unity [Broad] |
11842 | If short-lived happenings like car crashes are 'events', why not long-lived events like Dover Cliffs? [Broad] |
579 | Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
7628 | Broad rejects the inferential component of the representative theory [Broad, by Maund] |
578 | Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
8160 | The present and past exist, but the future does not [Broad, by Dummett] |
14609 | We could say present and past exist, but not future, so that each event adds to the total history [Broad] |
22933 | We imagine the present as a spotlight, moving across events from past to future [Broad] |
9287 | Bruno said that ancient Egyptian magic was the true religion [Bruno, by Yates] |