10 ideas
| 7855 | Some suggest that materialism is empty, because 'physical' cannot be properly characterized [Mellor/Crane, by Papineau] |
| 13195 | To explain a house we must describe its use, as well as its parts [Leibniz] |
| 6120 | Causation depends on intrinsic properties [Mellor/Crane] |
| 13193 | Active force is not just potential for action, since it involves a real effort or striving [Leibniz] |
| 6121 | There are many psychophysicals laws - about the effects of sweets, colours and soft cushions [Mellor/Crane] |
| 6122 | No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane] |
| 13194 | God's laws would be meaningless without internal powers for following them [Leibniz] |
| 15877 | The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré] |
| 13196 | All qualities of bodies reduce to forces [Leibniz] |
| 13192 | Power is passive force, which is mass, and active force, which is entelechy or form [Leibniz] |