12 ideas
13591 | Quantified modal logic collapses if essence is withdrawn [Quine] |
13163 | Circles must be bounded, so cannot be infinite [Leibniz] |
16740 | A power is not a cause, but an aptitude for a cause [Zabarella] |
13590 | Essences can make sense in a particular context or enquiry, as the most basic predicates [Quine] |
8483 | Necessity is relative to context; it is what is assumed in an inquiry [Quine] |
13589 | Possible worlds are a way to dramatise essentialism, and yet they presuppose essentialism [Quine] |
13588 | A rigid designator (for all possible worlds) picks out an object by its essential traits [Quine] |
13592 | Beliefs can be ascribed to machines [Quine] |
13162 | Sloth's Syllogism: either it can't happen, or it is inevitable without my effort [Leibniz] |
16571 | Prime matter is exceptionally obscure [Zabarella] |
19339 | Evil is a negation of good, which arises from non-being [Leibniz] |
13164 | God only made sin possible because a much greater good can be derived from it [Leibniz] |