10 ideas
4187 | 'There is nothing without a reason why it should be rather than not be' (a generalisation of 'Why?') [Schopenhauer] |
15571 | The idea of an atemporal realm of validity is as implausible as medieval theology [Heidegger] |
9182 | Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett] |
4192 | All necessity arises from causation, which is conditioned; there is no absolute or unconditioned necessity [Schopenhauer] |
4190 | All understanding is an immediate apprehension of the causal relation [Schopenhauer] |
4191 | What we know in ourselves is not a knower but a will [Schopenhauer] |
21368 | The knot of the world is the use of 'I' to refer to both willing and knowing [Schopenhauer] |
9181 | The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett] |
15581 | Dasein is always only that which it has chosen to be [Heidegger] |
4189 | Time may be defined as the possibility of mutually exclusive conditions of the same thing [Schopenhauer] |