11 ideas
| 16978 | If conceivability is a priori coherence, that implies possibility [Tahko] |
| 13195 | To explain a house we must describe its use, as well as its parts [Leibniz] |
| 16975 | Essences are used to explain natural kinds, modality, and causal powers [Tahko] |
| 13193 | Active force is not just potential for action, since it involves a real effort or striving [Leibniz] |
| 1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 13194 | God's laws would be meaningless without internal powers for following them [Leibniz] |
| 16976 | Scientific essentialists tend to characterise essence in terms of modality (not vice versa) [Tahko] |
| 16977 | If essence is modal and laws are necessary, essentialist knowledge is found by scientists [Tahko] |
| 13196 | All qualities of bodies reduce to forces [Leibniz] |
| 13192 | Power is passive force, which is mass, and active force, which is entelechy or form [Leibniz] |
| 5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |