8 ideas
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
22104 | Truth is the conformity of being to intellect [Aquinas] |
22103 | Being is basic to thought, and all other concepts are additions to being [Aquinas] |
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] |
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)] |