9 ideas
11257 | The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis] |
11235 | 'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis] |
11277 | Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis] |
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
11248 | Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis] |
9100 | Our intellect only assents to what we believe to be true [William of Ockham] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
9101 | Abstractive cognition knows universals abstracted from many singulars [William of Ockham] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |