12 ideas
| 8378 | Philosophers usually learn science from each other, not from science [Russell] |
| 5044 | Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz] |
| 8375 | 'Necessary' is a predicate of a propositional function, saying it is true for all values of its argument [Russell] |
| 5045 | No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz] |
| 5046 | The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz] |
| 4396 | The law of causality is a source of confusion, and should be dropped from philosophy [Russell] |
| 8376 | If causes are contiguous with events, only the last bit is relevant, or the event's timing is baffling [Russell] |
| 8380 | Striking a match causes its igniting, even if it sometimes doesn't work [Russell] |
| 8379 | In causal laws, 'events' must recur, so they have to be universals, not particulars [Russell] |
| 8381 | The constancy of scientific laws rests on differential equations, not on cause and effect [Russell] |
| 5043 | To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz] |
| 16714 | The state should kill blasphemous heretics [Erasmus] |