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] |
15990 | Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke] |
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] |
15994 | If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke] |
15666 | To understand language is to know how to use it to reach shared understandings [Habermas] |