8 ideas
15959 | If the substantial form of brass implies its stability, how can it melt and remain brass? [Alexander,P] |
15956 | The peripatetics treated forms and real qualities as independent of matter, and non-material [Alexander,P] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
15975 | Can the qualities of a body be split into two groups, where the smaller explains the larger? [Alexander,P] |
19745 | The nature of people is decided by the government and politics of their society [Rousseau] |
15963 | Science has been partly motivated by the belief that the universe is run by God's laws [Alexander,P] |
15951 | Alchemists tried to separate out essences, which influenced later chemistry [Alexander,P] |
15981 | Absolute space either provides locations, or exists but lacks 'marks' for locations [Alexander,P] |