11 ideas
13445 | Descartes showed a one-one order-preserving match between points on a line and the real numbers [Descartes, by Hart,WD] |
16774 | Descartes thinks distinguishing substances from aggregates is pointless [Descartes, by Pasnau] |
9216 | Each area of enquiry, and its source, has its own distinctive type of necessity [Fine,K] |
7400 | Descartes said images can refer to objects without resembling them (as words do) [Descartes, by Tuck] |
9214 | Unsupported testimony may still be believable [Fine,K] |
4310 | We have inner awareness of our freedom [Descartes] |
6553 | Descartes discussed the interaction problem, and compared it with gravity [Descartes, by Lycan] |
18671 | The ground for an attitude is not a thing's 'goodness', but its concrete characteristics [Ewing] |
19676 | Nature is devoid of thought [Descartes, by Meillassoux] |
6518 | Matter can't just be Descartes's geometry, because a filler of the spaces is needed [Robinson,H on Descartes] |
9215 | Causation is easier to disrupt than logic, so metaphysics is part of nature, not vice versa [Fine,K] |