8 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
3425 | Reduction has been defined as deriving one theory from another by logic and maths [Nagel,E, by Kim] |
13168 | My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz] |
13169 | I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz] |
13170 | The analysis of things leads to atoms of substance, which found both composition and action [Leibniz] |
13171 | Substance must necessarily involve progress and change [Leibniz] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
13167 | We need the metaphysical notion of force to explain mechanics, and not just extended mass [Leibniz] |