12 ideas
| 6222 | If a decision is in accord with right reason, everyone can agree with it [Cumberland] |
| 12712 | Substance is that which can act [Leibniz] |
| 7401 | Heat and colour don't exist, so cannot mislead about the external world [Galileo, by Tuck] |
| 5454 | Tastes, odours and colours only reside in consciousness, and would disappear with creatures [Galileo] |
| 16560 | Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
| 12737 | Nature can be fully explained by final causes alone, or by efficient causes alone [Leibniz] |
| 6217 | Natural law is supplied to the human mind by reality and human nature [Cumberland] |
| 6221 | If there are different ultimate goods, there will be conflicting good actions, which is impossible [Cumberland] |
| 6218 | The happiness of individuals is linked to the happiness of everyone (which is individuals taken together) [Cumberland] |
| 6220 | The happiness of all contains the happiness of each, and promotes it [Cumberland] |
| 6216 | Natural law is immutable truth giving moral truths and duties independent of society [Cumberland] |
| 3645 | To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo] |