18 ideas
19342 | Reason avoids multiplying hypotheses or principles [Leibniz] |
13536 | Skolem did not believe in the existence of uncountable sets [Skolem] |
5044 | Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz] |
12711 | The immediate cause of movements is more real [than geometry] [Leibniz] |
19349 | The complete notion of a substance implies all of its predicates or attributes [Leibniz] |
7558 | Substances mirror God or the universe, each from its own viewpoint [Leibniz] |
16761 | Forms are of no value in physics, but are indispensable in metaphysics [Leibniz] |
13088 | Subjects include predicates, so full understanding of subjects reveals all the predicates [Leibniz] |
13085 | Leibniz is some form of haecceitist [Leibniz, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne] |
5024 | Knowledge doesn't just come from the senses; we know the self, substance, identity, being etc. [Leibniz] |
5045 | No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz] |
5027 | If a person's memories became totally those of the King of China, he would be the King of China [Leibniz] |
5023 | Future contingent events are certain, because God foresees them, but that doesn't make them necessary [Leibniz] |
2119 | People argue for God's free will, but it isn't needed if God acts in perfection following supreme reason [Leibniz] |
5025 | Mind and body can't influence one another, but God wouldn't intervene in the daily routine [Leibniz] |
5046 | The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz] |
5026 | Animals lack morality because they lack self-reflection [Leibniz] |
5043 | To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz] |