14 ideas
1403 | A rational donkey would starve to death between two totally identical piles of hay [Buridan, by PG] |
13437 | A CAR and its major PART can become identical, yet seem to have different properties [Gallois] |
16678 | Without magnitude a thing would retain its parts, but they would have no location [Buridan] |
16233 | Gallois hoped to clarify identity through time, but seems to make talk of it impossible [Hawley on Gallois] |
16025 | If things change they become different - but then no one thing undergoes the change! [Gallois] |
16026 | 4D: time is space-like; a thing is its history; past and future are real; or things extend in time [Gallois] |
16793 | A thing is (less properly) the same over time if each part is succeeded by another [Buridan] |
14755 | Gallois is committed to identity with respect to times, and denial of simple identity [Gallois, by Sider] |
16231 | Occasional Identity: two objects can be identical at one time, and different at others [Gallois, by Hawley] |
16027 | If two things are equal, each side involves a necessity, so the equality is necessary [Gallois] |
16726 | Why can't we deduce secondary qualities from primary ones, if they cause them? [Buridan] |
16577 | Induction is not demonstration, because not all of the instances can be observed [Buridan] |
16576 | Science is based on induction, for general truths about fire, rhubarb and magnets [Buridan] |
3015 | The virtue of man is thoughtful foresight of future events [Chilo, by Diog. Laertius] |