10 ideas
9406 | A class is natural when everybody can spot further members of it [Quinton] |
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] |
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] |
6493 | We are not conscious of pure liquidity, but of the liquidity of water [Firth] |
16634 | I can't be unaware of anything which is in me [Descartes] |
3635 | Essence must be known before we discuss existence [Descartes] |
3634 | We can't prove a first cause from our inability to grasp infinity [Descartes] |