12 ideas
21962 | Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes] |
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
3659 | I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes] |
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] |
3657 | Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |
20440 | Art is a referential activity, hence indefinable, but it has a set of symptoms [Goodman] |
20439 | Artistic symbols are judged by the fruitfulness of their classifications [Goodman, by Giovannelli] |
20438 | A performance is only an instance of a work if there is not a single error [Goodman] |
20437 | A copy only becomes an 'instance' of an artwork if there is a system of notation [Goodman] |
3660 | Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes] |