6 ideas
3291 | Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel] |
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
1556 | By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |
3290 | Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel] |