10 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] |
17644 | Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam] |
17648 | It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam] |
17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
19402 | The actual universe is the richest composite of what is possible [Leibniz] |
3583 | External objects are permanent possibilities of sensation [Mill] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
3537 | I judge others' feeling by analogy with my body and behaviour [Mill] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |