9 ideas
19400 | Possibles demand existence, so as many of them as possible must actually exist [Leibniz] |
19401 | God's sufficient reason for choosing reality is in the fitness or perfection of possibilities [Leibniz] |
8568 | A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor] |
8564 | There is obviously a possible predicate for every property [Mellor] |
8566 | We need universals for causation and laws of nature; the latter give them their identity [Mellor] |
8565 | If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning [Mellor] |
19402 | The actual universe is the richest composite of what is possible [Leibniz] |
19398 | Minds are best explained by their ends, and bodies by efficient causes [Leibniz] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |