8 ideas
22140 | The greatest philosophers are methodical; it is what makes them great [Grice] |
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] |
12714 | The substantial form is the principle of action or the primitive force of acting [Leibniz] |
17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
12743 | A true being must (unlike a chain) have united parts, with a substantial form as its subject [Leibniz] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |