9 ideas
15456 | Extrinsic properties, unlike intrinsics, imply the existence of a separate object [Kim, by Lewis] |
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] |
15975 | Can the qualities of a body be split into two groups, where the smaller explains the larger? [Alexander,P] |
15963 | Science has been partly motivated by the belief that the universe is run by God's laws [Alexander,P] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
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] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |