10 ideas
10502 | We can rise by degrees through abstraction, with higher levels representing more things [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
13191 | The properties of a thing flow from its essence [Leibniz] |
18258 | We can only know the exterior world via our ideas [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
9329 | Justification is coherence with a background system; if irrefutable, it is knowledge [Lehrer] |
16784 | Forms make things distinct and explain the properties, by pure form, or arrangement of parts [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
10499 | We know by abstraction because we only understand composite things a part at a time [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
10501 | A triangle diagram is about all triangles, if some features are ignored [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
9330 | Generalization seems to be more fundamental to minds than spotting similarities [Lehrer] |
10500 | No one denies that a line has width, but we can just attend to its length [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
9328 | All conscious states can be immediately known when attention is directed to them [Lehrer] |