8 ideas
15789 | Lewis's distinction of 'existing' from 'being actual' is Meinong's between 'existing' and 'subsisting' [Lycan on Lewis] |
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
15790 | Lewis can't know possible worlds without first knowing what is possible or impossible [Lycan on Lewis] |
15791 | What are the ontological grounds for grouping possibilia into worlds? [Lycan on Lewis] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |