14 ideas
22002 | Wolff's version of Leibniz dominated mid-18th C German thought [Pinkard] |
22021 | Romantics explored beautiful subjectivity, and the re-enchantment of nature [Pinkard] |
22010 | The combination of Kant and the French Revolution was an excited focus for German philosophy [Pinkard] |
22036 | In Hegel's time naturalism was called 'Spinozism' [Pinkard] |
13163 | Circles must be bounded, so cannot be infinite [Leibniz] |
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] |
17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
22048 | Idealism is the link between reason and freedom [Pinkard] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
13162 | Sloth's Syllogism: either it can't happen, or it is inevitable without my effort [Leibniz] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |
19339 | Evil is a negation of good, which arises from non-being [Leibniz] |
13164 | God only made sin possible because a much greater good can be derived from it [Leibniz] |