9 ideas
11193 | Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna] |
16643 | Accidents always remain suited to a subject [Bonaventura] |
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] |
13230 | Particular essence is often captured by generality [Steiner,M] |
16696 | Successive things reduce to permanent things [Bonaventura] |
13229 | Maybe an instance of a generalisation is more explanatory than the particular case [Steiner,M] |
13231 | Explanatory proofs rest on 'characterizing properties' of entities or structure [Steiner,M] |