12 ideas
12251 | Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes] |
8361 | What is true used to be possible, but it may no longer be so [Wright,GHv] |
5049 | Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz] |
8363 | p is a cause and q an effect (not vice versa) if manipulations of p change q [Wright,GHv] |
8364 | We can imagine controlling floods by controlling rain, but not vice versa [Wright,GHv] |
8366 | The very notion of a cause depends on agency and action [Wright,GHv] |
8362 | We give regularities a causal character by subjecting them to experiment [Wright,GHv] |
8360 | We must further analyse conditions for causation, into quantifiers or modal concepts [Wright,GHv] |
8365 | Some laws are causal (Ohm's Law), but others are conceptual principles (conservation of energy) [Wright,GHv] |
5048 | Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz] |
16772 | An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau] |
5050 | Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz] |