10 ideas
13917 | Metaphysics aims to identify categories of being, and show their interdependency [Lowe] |
13919 | Philosophy aims not at the 'analysis of concepts', but at understanding the essences of things [Lowe] |
6900 | A prior understanding of beauty is needed to assert that the Form of the Beautiful is beautiful [Westaway] |
13918 | Holes, shadows and spots of light can coincide without being identical [Lowe] |
6956 | At what point does an object become 'whole'? [Westaway] |
13921 | All things must have an essence (a 'what it is'), or we would be unable to think about them [Lowe] |
13922 | Knowing an essence is just knowing what the thing is, not knowing some further thing [Lowe] |
13920 | Each thing has to be of a general kind, because it belongs to some category [Lowe] |
8417 | Direct realism is false, because defeasibility questions are essential to perceptual knowledge [Galloway] |
7335 | The Chinese Room should be able to ask itself questions in Mandarin [Westaway] |