15 ideas
23326 | In the third century Stoicism died out, replaced by Platonism, with Aristotelian ethics [Frede,M] |
23335 | In late antiquity nearly all philosophers were monotheists [Frede,M] |
18889 | Ostensive definitions needn't involve pointing, but must refer to something specific [Salmon,N] |
14627 | S4, and therefore S5, are invalid for metaphysical modality [Salmon,N, by Williamson] |
15990 | Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke] |
18888 | Essentialism says some properties must be possessed, if a thing is to exist [Salmon,N] |
15994 | If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke] |
23334 | For Christians man has free will by creation in God's image (as in Genesis) [Frede,M] |
23333 | The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity [Frede,M] |
23337 | The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos [Frede,M] |
18886 | Frege's 'sense' solves four tricky puzzles [Salmon,N] |
18887 | The perfect case of direct reference is a variable which has been assigned a value [Salmon,N] |
23336 | There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M] |
18891 | Nothing in the direct theory of reference blocks anti-essentialism; water structure might have been different [Salmon,N] |
23313 | The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M] |