9 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] |
13918 | Holes, shadows and spots of light can coincide without being identical [Lowe] |
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] |
14305 | In the truth-functional account a burnt-up match was soluble because it never entered water [Carnap] |
2596 | Maybe mind and body are parallel, like two good clocks [Leibniz] |
2595 | If the universe is a perfect agreement of uncommunicating substances, there must be a common source [Leibniz] |