11 ideas
6851 | We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk] |
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] |
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
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] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
6850 | Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |