21 ideas
19336 | Wisdom involves the desire to achieve perfection [Leibniz] |
7696 | Leibniz first asked 'why is there something rather than nothing?' [Leibniz, by Jacquette] |
19341 | There must be a straining towards existence in the essence of all possible things [Leibniz] |
19428 | Because something does exist, there must be a drive in possible things towards existence [Leibniz] |
304 | Beautiful things must be different from beauty itself, but beauty itself must be present in each of them [Plato] |
5047 | The world is physically necessary, as its contrary would imply imperfection or moral absurdity [Leibniz] |
16120 | Knowing how to achieve immortality is pointless without the knowledge how to use immortality [Plato] |
7630 | Ryle's dichotomy between knowing how and knowing that is too simplistic [Maund] |
7632 | Perception is sensation-then-concept, or direct-concepts, or sensation-saturated-in-concepts [Maund] |
7635 | Sense-data have an epistemological purpose (foundations) and a metaphysical purpose (explanation) [Maund] |
7638 | One thesis says we are not aware of qualia, but only of objects and their qualities [Maund] |
7642 | The Myth of the Given claims that thought is rationally supported by non-conceptual experiences [Maund] |
7640 | Mountains are adverbial modifications of the earth, but still have object-characteristics [Maund] |
7641 | Adverbialism tries to avoid sense-data and preserve direct realism [Maund] |
303 | Say how many teeth the other has, then count them. If you are right, we will trust your other claims [Plato] |
7637 | Thought content is either satisfaction conditions, or exercise of concepts [Maund, by PG] |
19343 | We follow the practical rule which always seeks maximum effect for minimum cost [Leibniz] |
302 | What knowledge is required to live well? [Plato] |
301 | Only knowledge of some sort is good [Plato] |
305 | Something which lies midway between two evils is better than either of them [Plato] |
19429 | The principle of determination in things obtains the greatest effect with the least effort [Leibniz] |