8 ideas
12251 | Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes] |
15432 | Structural universals might serve as possible worlds [Forrest, by Lewis] |
6613 | The natural kinds are objects, processes and properties/relations [Ellis] |
6616 | Least action is not a causal law, but a 'global law', describing a global essence [Ellis] |
6615 | A species requires a genus, and its essence includes the essence of the genus [Ellis] |
6614 | A hierarchy of natural kinds is elaborate ontology, but needed to explain natural laws [Ellis] |
6612 | Without general principles, we couldn't predict the behaviour of dispositional properties [Ellis] |
16772 | An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau] |