9 ideas
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
4027 | Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver] |
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
4029 | Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |
20957 | We don't choose our characters, yet we still claim credit for the actions our characters perform [Schelling] |
16593 | Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi] |
16729 | How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi] |