10 ideas
15312 | We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley] |
12723 | The most primitive thing in substances is force, which leads to their actions and dispositions [Leibniz] |
11976 | Aristotelian essentialism says essences are not relative to specification [Lewis] |
11978 | Causal necessities hold in all worlds compatible with the laws of nature [Lewis] |
11979 | It doesn't take the whole of a possible Humphrey to win the election [Lewis] |
16994 | Counterpart theory is bizarre, as no one cares what happens to a mere counterpart [Kripke on Lewis] |
11974 | Counterparts are not the original thing, but resemble it more than other things do [Lewis] |
11975 | If the closest resembler to you is in fact quite unlike you, then you have no counterpart [Lewis] |
11977 | Essential attributes are those shared with all the counterparts [Lewis] |
15311 | Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley] |