8 ideas
16625 | In hylomorphism all the explanation of actions is in the form, and the matter doesn't do anything [Bacon] |
14759 | A thing is simply a long event, linked by qualities, and spatio-temporal unity [Broad] |
11842 | If short-lived happenings like car crashes are 'events', why not long-lived events like Dover Cliffs? [Broad] |
21338 | I will even consider changing a meaning to save a law; I question the meaning-fact cleavage [Quine] |
16624 | Stripped and passive matter is just a human invention [Bacon] |
8160 | The present and past exist, but the future does not [Broad, by Dummett] |
14609 | We could say present and past exist, but not future, so that each event adds to the total history [Broad] |
22933 | We imagine the present as a spotlight, moving across events from past to future [Broad] |