11 ideas
18261 | A simplification which is complete constitutes a definition [Kant] |
9406 | A class is natural when everybody can spot further members of it [Quinton] |
22275 | Logic gives us the necessary rules which show us how we ought to think [Kant] |
15730 | Extreme nominalists say all classification is arbitrary convention [Quinton] |
15728 | The naturalness of a class depends as much on the observers as on the objects [Quinton] |
9407 | Properties imply natural classes which can be picked out by everybody [Quinton] |
12714 | The substantial form is the principle of action or the primitive force of acting [Leibniz] |
15729 | Uninstantiated properties must be defined using the instantiated ones [Quinton] |
8520 | An individual is a union of a group of qualities and a position [Quinton, by Campbell,K] |
12743 | A true being must (unlike a chain) have united parts, with a substantial form as its subject [Leibniz] |
18260 | If we knew what we know, we would be astonished [Kant] |