9 ideas
15959 | If the substantial form of brass implies its stability, how can it melt and remain brass? [Alexander,P] |
15956 | The peripatetics treated forms and real qualities as independent of matter, and non-material [Alexander,P] |
10990 | Conditionals are truth-functional, but unassertable in tricky cases? [Grice, by Read] |
15975 | Can the qualities of a body be split into two groups, where the smaller explains the larger? [Alexander,P] |
3519 | Man uses his body, so must be separate from it [Anon (Plat), by Maslin] |
10991 | Key conversational maxims are 'quality' (assert truth) and 'quantity' (leave nothing out) [Grice, by Read] |
15963 | Science has been partly motivated by the belief that the universe is run by God's laws [Alexander,P] |
15951 | Alchemists tried to separate out essences, which influenced later chemistry [Alexander,P] |
15981 | Absolute space either provides locations, or exists but lacks 'marks' for locations [Alexander,P] |