10 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
10502 | We can rise by degrees through abstraction, with higher levels representing more things [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
9103 | A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
18258 | We can only know the exterior world via our ideas [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
16784 | Forms make things distinct and explain the properties, by pure form, or arrangement of parts [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
10499 | We know by abstraction because we only understand composite things a part at a time [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
10501 | A triangle diagram is about all triangles, if some features are ignored [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
10500 | No one denies that a line has width, but we can just attend to its length [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
9104 | A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham] |