9 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
15035 | If universals are not separate, we can isolate them by abstraction [Boethius, by Panaccio] |
23651 | Universals are not objects of sense and cannot be imagined - but can be conceived [Reid] |
23650 | Only individuals exist [Reid] |
23649 | No one thinks two sheets possess a single whiteness, but all agree they are both white [Reid] |
11874 | Real identity admits of no degrees [Reid] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
23652 | We must first conceive things before we can consider them [Reid] |
23648 | First we notice and name attributes ('abstracting'); then we notice that subjects share them ('generalising') [Reid] |