20 ideas
12124 | Metaphysics is the best knowledge, because it is the simplest [Bacon] |
12123 | Natural history supports physical knowledge, which supports metaphysical knowledge [Bacon] |
12119 | Physics studies transitory matter; metaphysics what is abstracted and necessary [Bacon] |
12120 | Physics is of material and efficient causes, metaphysics of formal and final causes [Bacon] |
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
12121 | We don't assume there is no land, because we can only see sea [Bacon] |
12117 | Science moves up and down between inventions of causes, and experiments [Bacon] |
12127 | Many different theories will fit the observed facts [Bacon] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
12126 | People love (unfortunately) extreme generality, rather than particular knowledge [Bacon] |
23681 | The first motion or effect cannot be produced necessarily, so the First Cause must be a free agent [Reid] |
23676 | A willed action needs reasonable understanding of what is to be done [Reid] |
23680 | We are morally free, because we experience it, we are accountable, and we pursue projects [Reid] |
23678 | A motive is merely an idea, like advice, and not a force for action [Reid] |
12125 | Teleological accounts are fine in metaphysics, but they stop us from searching for the causes [Bacon] |
16593 | Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi] |
16729 | How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi] |
23677 | We all know that mere priority or constant conjunction do not have to imply causation [Reid] |
23679 | The principle of the law of nature is that matter is passive, and is acted upon [Reid] |
12118 | Essences are part of first philosophy, but as part of nature, not part of logic [Bacon] |