7 ideas
11193 | Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna] |
15785 | Our commitments are to an 'ontology', but also to an 'ideology', or conceptual system [Hintikka] |
11209 | The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna] |
11204 | The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna] |
15036 | An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio] |
15786 | Commitment to possible worlds is part of our ideology, not part of our ontology [Hintikka] |
17319 | There are 'conceptual' explanations, with their direction depending on complexity [Schnieder] |