15 ideas
21918 | Sufficient Reason can't be proved, because all proof presupposes it [Schopenhauer, by Lewis,PB] |
12302 | Definitions formed an abstract hierarchy for Aristotle, as sets do for us [Fine,K] |
14266 | Aristotle sees hierarchies in definitions using genus and differentia (as we see them in sets) [Fine,K] |
18702 | Names, descriptions and predicates refer to things; without that, language and thought are baffling [Davidson] |
14268 | Maybe bottom-up grounding shows constitution, and top-down grounding shows essence [Fine,K] |
21920 | No need for a priori categories, since sufficient reason shows the interrelations [Schopenhauer, by Lewis,PB] |
14267 | There is no distinctive idea of constitution, because you can't say constitution begins and ends [Fine,K] |
14264 | Is there a plausible Aristotelian notion of constitution, applicable to both physical and non-physical? [Fine,K] |
21362 | Necessity is physical, logical, mathematical or moral [Schopenhauer, by Janaway] |
21361 | For Schopenhauer, material things would not exist without the mind [Schopenhauer, by Janaway] |
21919 | Object for a subject and representation are the same thing [Schopenhauer] |
21917 | The four explanations: objects by causes, concepts by ground, maths by spacetime, ethics by motive [Schopenhauer, by Lewis,PB] |
21921 | Concepts are abstracted from perceptions [Schopenhauer, by Lewis,PB] |
21363 | Motivation is causality seen from within [Schopenhauer] |
14265 | The components of abstract definitions could play the same role as matter for physical objects [Fine,K] |