12 ideas
13174 | A piece of flint contains something resembling perceptions and appetites [Leibniz] |
13175 | Entelechies are analogous to souls, as other minds are analogous to our own minds [Leibniz] |
14348 | An 'antidote' allows a manifestation to begin, but then blocks it [Corry] |
14347 | A 'finkish' disposition is one that is lost immediately after the appropriate stimulus [Corry] |
14350 | If a disposition is never instantiated, it shouldn't be part of our theory of nature [Corry] |
13172 | What we cannot imagine may still exist [Leibniz] |
14351 | Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities [Corry] |
13173 | Death is just the contraction of an animal [Leibniz] |
21093 | Friendship without community spirit misses out on the main part of virtue [Hume] |
21091 | It would be absurd if even a free constitution did not impose restraints, for the public good [Hume] |
21092 | Nobility either share in the power of the whole, or they compose the power of the whole [Hume] |
14346 | Dispositional essentialism says fundamental laws of nature are strict, not ceteris paribus [Corry] |