4 ideas
| 16541 | All the intrinsic properties of a thing should be deducible from its definition [Spinoza] |
| 3291 | Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel] |
| 13073 | To understand the properties we must know the essence, as with a circle [Spinoza] |
| 3290 | Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel] |