9 ideas
16415 | Esoteric metaphysics aims to be top science, investigating ultimate reality [Hofweber] |
16413 | Science has discovered properties of things, so there are properties - so who needs metaphysics? [Hofweber] |
16416 | The quantifier in logic is not like the ordinary English one (which has empty names, non-denoting terms etc) [Hofweber] |
5044 | Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz] |
16740 | A power is not a cause, but an aptitude for a cause [Zabarella] |
5045 | No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz] |
5046 | The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz] |
16571 | Prime matter is exceptionally obscure [Zabarella] |
5043 | To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz] |