14 ideas
| 22115 | Wise people should contemplate and discuss the truth, and fight against falsehood [Aquinas] |
| 23269 | Philosophy must start from clearly observed facts [Galen] |
| 7855 | Some suggest that materialism is empty, because 'physical' cannot be properly characterized [Mellor/Crane, by Papineau] |
| 23266 | The spirit in the soul wants freedom, power and honour [Galen] |
| 6120 | Causation depends on intrinsic properties [Mellor/Crane] |
| 23219 | Stopping the heart doesn't terminate activity; pressing the brain does that [Galen, by Cobb] |
| 23264 | Philosophers think faculties are in substances, and invent a faculty for every activity [Galen] |
| 20700 | Without God's influence every operation would stop, so God causes everything [Aquinas] |
| 6121 | There are many psychophysicals laws - about the effects of sweets, colours and soft cushions [Mellor/Crane] |
| 23220 | The brain contains memory and reason, and is the source of sensation and decision [Galen] |
| 6122 | No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane] |
| 23265 | The rational part of the soul is the desire for truth, understanding and recollection [Galen] |
| 23268 | We execute irredeemable people, to protect ourselves, as a deterrent, and ending a bad life [Galen] |
| 15202 | Eternity coexists with passing time, as the centre of a circle coexists with its circumference [Aquinas] |