20 ideas
16489 | Is it possible to state every possible truth about the whole course of nature without using 'not'? [Russell] |
7720 | Two things can only resemble one another in some respect, and that may reintroduce a universal [Lowe] |
12756 | Substance is a force for acting and being acted upon [Leibniz] |
7712 | On substances, Leibniz emphasises unity, Spinoza independence, Locke relations to qualities [Lowe] |
16490 | Some facts about experience feel like logical necessities [Russell] |
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] |
16488 | It is hard to explain how a sentence like 'it is not raining' can be found true by observation [Russell] |
12755 | Final causes can help with explanations in physics [Leibniz] |
7714 | Personal identity is a problem across time (diachronic) and at an instant (synchronic) [Lowe] |
12760 | Something rather like souls (though not intelligent) could be found everywhere [Leibniz] |
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] |
16491 | If we define 'this is not blue' as disbelief in 'this is blue', we eliminate 'not' as an ingredient of facts [Russell] |
12759 | There are atoms of substance, but no atoms of bulk or extension [Leibniz] |
12718 | Secondary matter is active and complete; primary matter is passive and incomplete [Leibniz] |
11854 | If there is some trace of God in things, that would explain their natural force [Leibniz] |
4786 | Russell's 'at-at' theory says motion is to be at the intervening points at the intervening instants [Russell, by Psillos] |
12758 | It is plausible to think substances contain the same immanent force seen in our free will [Leibniz] |
19408 | To say that nature or the one universal substance is God is a pernicious doctrine [Leibniz] |