11 ideas
16978 | If conceivability is a priori coherence, that implies possibility [Tahko] |
22013 | Subjects distinguish representations, as related both to subject and object [Reinhold] |
411 | If we succeed in speaking the truth, we cannot know we have done it [Xenophanes] |
412 | If God had not created honey, men would say figs are sweeter [Xenophanes] |
16975 | Essences are used to explain natural kinds, modality, and causal powers [Tahko] |
1640 | The basic Eleatic belief was that all things are one [Xenophanes, by Plato] |
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] |
3055 | Xenophanes said the essence of God was spherical and utterly inhuman [Xenophanes, by Diog. Laertius] |
408 | Ethiopian gods have black hair, and Thracian gods have red hair [Xenophanes] |
407 | Mortals believe gods are born, and have voices and clothes just like mortals [Xenophanes] |