10 ideas
15959 | If the substantial form of brass implies its stability, how can it melt and remain brass? [Alexander,P] |
15956 | The peripatetics treated forms and real qualities as independent of matter, and non-material [Alexander,P] |
15975 | Can the qualities of a body be split into two groups, where the smaller explains the larger? [Alexander,P] |
23053 | The great interest of the human race is cordial unity and unlimited mutual aid [Owen] |
15963 | Science has been partly motivated by the belief that the universe is run by God's laws [Alexander,P] |
14586 | Physical causation consists in transference of conserved quantities [Dowe, by Mumford/Anjum] |
4787 | Causation interaction is an exchange of conserved quantities, such as mass, energy or charge [Dowe, by Psillos] |
15951 | Alchemists tried to separate out essences, which influenced later chemistry [Alexander,P] |
4788 | Dowe commends the Conserved Quantity theory as it avoids mention of counterfactuals [Dowe, by Psillos] |
15981 | Absolute space either provides locations, or exists but lacks 'marks' for locations [Alexander,P] |