599 | We may have to postulate unobservable and unknowable substances [Aristotle] |
16629 | By comparing qualities and features, reason can gradually infer the nature of substance [Grosseteste] |
5639 | Spinoza implies that thought is impossible without the notion of substance [Spinoza, by Scruton] |
12704 | Aggregates don’t reduce to points, or atoms, or illusion, so must reduce to substance [Leibniz] |
10710 | We accept substance, to avoid infinite backwards chains of meaning [Wittgenstein, by Potter] |
13042 | If dependence is well-founded, with no infinite backward chains, this implies substances [Potter] |