13 ideas
17945 | Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas] |
17946 | Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas] |
11976 | Aristotelian essentialism says essences are not relative to specification [Lewis] |
11978 | Causal necessities hold in all worlds compatible with the laws of nature [Lewis] |
11979 | It doesn't take the whole of a possible Humphrey to win the election [Lewis] |
16994 | Counterpart theory is bizarre, as no one cares what happens to a mere counterpart [Kripke on Lewis] |
11974 | Counterparts are not the original thing, but resemble it more than other things do [Lewis] |
11975 | If the closest resembler to you is in fact quite unlike you, then you have no counterpart [Lewis] |
11977 | Essential attributes are those shared with all the counterparts [Lewis] |
17944 | 'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas] |
19355 | The soul doesn't understand many of its own actions, if perceptions are confused and desires buried [Leibniz] |
19350 | We should say that body is mechanism and soul is immaterial, asserting their independence [Leibniz] |
19356 | Minds unconsciously count vibration beats in music, and enjoy it when they coincide [Leibniz] |