10 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] |
23405 | Rituals escape natural chaos, and benefit everyone, by reshaping our motivations [Xunzi (Xun Kuang), by Norden] |
23406 | Rituals don't arise from human nature; they are the deliberate creations of a sage [Xunzi (Xun Kuang)] |
3660 | Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes] |