12 ideas
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
13163 | Circles must be bounded, so cannot be infinite [Leibniz] |
4027 | Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver] |
4029 | Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver] |
13162 | Sloth's Syllogism: either it can't happen, or it is inevitable without my effort [Leibniz] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |
23683 | Moral norms are objective, connected to facts about human goods [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
23684 | Morality gives everyone reasons to act, irrespective of their desires [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
23690 | We all have reason to cultivate the virtues, even when we lack the desire [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
22379 | The meaning of 'good' and other evaluations must include the object to which they attach [Foot] |
19339 | Evil is a negation of good, which arises from non-being [Leibniz] |
13164 | God only made sin possible because a much greater good can be derived from it [Leibniz] |