8 ideas
19382 | Abstracta are abbreviated ways of talking; there are just substances, and truths about them [Leibniz] |
16616 | Substances 'substand' (beneath accidents), or 'subsist' (independently) [Eustachius] |
16585 | Prime matter is free of all forms, but has the potential for all forms [Eustachius] |
10993 | Ramsey's Test: believe the consequent if you believe the antecedent [Ramsey, by Read] |
14279 | Asking 'If p, will q?' when p is uncertain, then first add p hypothetically to your knowledge [Ramsey] |
6894 | Mental terms can be replaced in a sentence by a variable and an existential quantifier [Ramsey] |
9418 | All knowledge needs systematizing, and the axioms would be the laws of nature [Ramsey] |
9420 | Causal laws result from the simplest axioms of a complete deductive system [Ramsey] |