10 ideas
14804 | Is chance just unknown laws? But the laws operate the same, whatever chance occurs [Peirce] |
9074 | Abstraction cannot produce the concept of a 'game', as there is no one common feature [Barnes,J] |
9073 | Abstraction from an ambiguous concept like 'mole' will define them as the same [Barnes,J] |
9072 | Defining concepts by abstractions will collect together far too many attributes from entities [Barnes,J] |
14805 | Is there any such thing as death among the lower organisms? [Peirce] |
5049 | Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz] |
14806 | If the world is just mechanical, its whole specification has no more explanation than mere chance [Peirce] |
14803 | The more precise the observations, the less reliable appear to be the laws of nature [Peirce] |
5048 | Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz] |
5050 | Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz] |