10 ideas
23367 | Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus] |
19426 | 'Nominal' definitions just list distinguishing characteristics [Leibniz] |
11993 | Jones may cease to exist without some simple property, but that doesn't make it essential [Kung] |
11997 | A property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another [Kung] |
11992 | Aristotelian essences underlie a thing's existence, explain it, and must belong to it [Kung] |
19424 | Knowledge needs clarity, distinctness, and adequacy, and it should be intuitive [Leibniz] |
11995 | Some peripheral properties are explained by essential ones, but don't themselves explain properties [Kung] |
11996 | Some non-essential properties may explain more than essential-but-peripheral ones do [Kung] |
19427 | True ideas represent what is possible; false ideas represent contradictions [Leibniz] |
19425 | In the schools the Four Causes are just lumped together in a very obscure way [Leibniz] |