9 ideas
1403 | A rational donkey would starve to death between two totally identical piles of hay [Buridan, by PG] |
13195 | To explain a house we must describe its use, as well as its parts [Leibniz] |
17527 | Causation seems to be an innate concept (or acquired very early) [Bird] |
13193 | Active force is not just potential for action, since it involves a real effort or striving [Leibniz] |
17528 | The dispositional account explains causation, as stimulation and manifestation of dispositions [Bird] |
17526 | The counterfactual approach makes no distinction between cause and pre-condition [Bird] |
13194 | God's laws would be meaningless without internal powers for following them [Leibniz] |
13196 | All qualities of bodies reduce to forces [Leibniz] |
13192 | Power is passive force, which is mass, and active force, which is entelechy or form [Leibniz] |