31 ideas
18192 | Do the Replacement Axioms exceed the iterative conception of sets? [Boolos, by Maddy] |
21382 | Things get smaller without end [Anaxagoras] |
481 | Nothing is created or destroyed; there is only mixing and separation [Anaxagoras] |
21822 | Anaxagoras's concept of supreme Mind has a simple First and a multiple One [Anaxagoras, by Plotinus] |
17995 | Basic is the potentially perceptible, then comes the contrary qualities, and finally the 'elements' [Anaxagoras] |
7720 | Two things can only resemble one another in some respect, and that may reintroduce a universal [Lowe] |
7712 | On substances, Leibniz emphasises unity, Spinoza independence, Locke relations to qualities [Lowe] |
20802 | Snow is not white, and doesn't even appear white, because it is made of black water [Anaxagoras, by Cicero] |
7710 | Perception is a mode of belief-acquisition, and does not involve sensation [Lowe] |
7711 | Science requires a causal theory - perception of an object must be an experience caused by the object [Lowe] |
13257 | The senses are too feeble to determine the truth [Anaxagoras] |
22761 | We reveal unreliability in the senses when we cannot discriminate a slow change of colour [Anaxagoras, by Sext.Empiricus] |
13256 | Nous is unlimited, self-ruling and pure; it is the finest thing, with great discernment and strength [Anaxagoras] |
13784 | Mind is self-ruling, pure, ordering and ubiquitous [Anaxagoras, by Plato] |
7714 | Personal identity is a problem across time (diachronic) and at an instant (synchronic) [Lowe] |
5118 | Anaxagoras says mind remains pure, and so is not affected by what it changes [Anaxagoras, by Aristotle] |
7715 | Mentalese isn't a language, because it isn't conventional, or a means of public communication [Lowe] |
7722 | If meaning is mental pictures, explain "the cat (or dog!) is NOT on the mat" [Lowe] |
18231 | Anaxagoras said a person would choose to be born to contemplate the ordered heavens [Anaxagoras] |
631 | For Anaxagoras the Good Mind has no opposite, and causes all movement, for a higher reason [Anaxagoras, by Aristotle] |
22727 | Mind creates the world from a mixture of pure substances [Anaxagoras, by ] |
550 | Anaxagoras said that the number of principles was infinite [Anaxagoras, by Aristotle] |
21383 | The ultimate constituents of reality are the homoeomeries [Anaxagoras, by Vlastos] |
13208 | Anaxagoreans regard the homoeomeries as elements, which compose earth, air, fire and water [Anaxagoras, by Aristotle] |
367 | Anaxagoras says mind produces order and causes everything [Anaxagoras, by Plato] |
21381 | Germs contain microscopic organs, which become visible as they grow [Anaxagoras] |
22726 | When things were unified, Mind set them in order [Anaxagoras] |
2629 | Anaxagoras was the first to say that the universe is directed by an intelligence [Anaxagoras, by Cicero] |
480 | Past, present and future, and the movements of the heavens, were arranged by Mind [Anaxagoras] |
5956 | Anaxagoras was charged with impiety for calling the sun a lump of stone [Anaxagoras, by Plutarch] |
7488 | Anaxagoras was the first recorded atheist [Anaxagoras, by Watson] |