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Full Idea
The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics.
Gist of Idea
The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics
Source
John Cottingham (The Rationalists [1988], p.75)
Book Ref
Cottingham,John: 'The Rationalists' [OUP 1988], p.75
A Reaction
The idea of 'substance' has had an interesting revival in modern philosophy (though not, obviously, in physics). Maybe physics and philosophy have views of reality which are not complementary, but are rivals.
| 4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
| 4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
| 4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |
| 4316 | Either all action is rational, or reason dominates, or reason is only concerned with means [Cottingham] |