14 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
23634 | Accepting the existence of anything presupposes the notion of existence [Reid] |
8978 | Events are made of other things, and are not fundamental to ontology [Bennett] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
23635 | Truths are self-evident to sensible persons who understand them clearly without prejudice [Reid] |
7631 | Sensation is not committed to any external object, but perception is [Reid] |
23637 | Primary qualities are the object of mathematics [Reid] |
23638 | Secondary qualities conjure up, and are confused with, the sensations which produce them [Reid] |
23639 | It is unclear whether a toothache is in the mind or in the tooth, but the word has a single meaning [Reid] |
6492 | Reid is seen as the main direct realist of the eighteenth century [Reid, by Robinson,H] |
23641 | People dislike believing without evidence, and try to avoid it [Reid] |
23642 | If non-rational evidence reaches us, it is reason which then makes use of it [Reid] |
23640 | Only mature minds can distinguish the qualities of a body [Reid] |
10364 | Facts are about the world, not in it, so they can't cause anything [Bennett] |