11 ideas
8967 | Not all predicates can be properties - 'is non-self-exemplifying', for example [Lowe] |
8965 | Neither mere matter nor pure form can individuate a sphere, so it must be a combination [Lowe] |
15959 | If the substantial form of brass implies its stability, how can it melt and remain brass? [Alexander,P] |
15956 | The peripatetics treated forms and real qualities as independent of matter, and non-material [Alexander,P] |
8968 | If the flagpole causally explains the shadow, the shadow cannot explain the flagpole [Lowe] |
15975 | Can the qualities of a body be split into two groups, where the smaller explains the larger? [Alexander,P] |
8966 | Properties are facets of objects, only discussable separately by an act of abstraction [Lowe] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
15963 | Science has been partly motivated by the belief that the universe is run by God's laws [Alexander,P] |
15951 | Alchemists tried to separate out essences, which influenced later chemistry [Alexander,P] |
15981 | Absolute space either provides locations, or exists but lacks 'marks' for locations [Alexander,P] |