25 ideas
2546 | Philosophy is a magnificent failure in its attempt to overstep the limits of our knowledge [McGinn] |
19342 | Reason avoids multiplying hypotheses or principles [Leibniz] |
10528 | Definitions concern how we should speak, not how things are [Fine,K] |
2544 | Thoughts have a dual aspect: as they seem to introspection, and their underlying logical reality [McGinn] |
10529 | If Hume's Principle can define numbers, we needn't worry about its truth [Fine,K] |
10530 | Hume's Principle is either adequate for number but fails to define properly, or vice versa [Fine,K] |
12711 | The immediate cause of movements is more real [than geometry] [Leibniz] |
19349 | The complete notion of a substance implies all of its predicates or attributes [Leibniz] |
7558 | Substances mirror God or the universe, each from its own viewpoint [Leibniz] |
16761 | Forms are of no value in physics, but are indispensable in metaphysics [Leibniz] |
13088 | Subjects include predicates, so full understanding of subjects reveals all the predicates [Leibniz] |
13085 | Leibniz is some form of haecceitist [Leibniz, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne] |
5024 | Knowledge doesn't just come from the senses; we know the self, substance, identity, being etc. [Leibniz] |
2539 | Mental modules for language, social, action, theory, space, emotion [McGinn] |
5027 | If a person's memories became totally those of the King of China, he would be the King of China [Leibniz] |
5023 | Future contingent events are certain, because God foresees them, but that doesn't make them necessary [Leibniz] |
2545 | Free will is mental causation in action [McGinn] |
2119 | People argue for God's free will, but it isn't needed if God acts in perfection following supreme reason [Leibniz] |
2543 | Brains aren't made of anything special, suggesting panpsychism [McGinn] |
5025 | Mind and body can't influence one another, but God wouldn't intervene in the daily routine [Leibniz] |
2540 | Examining mind sees no brain; examining brain sees no mind [McGinn] |
10527 | An abstraction principle should not 'inflate', producing more abstractions than objects [Fine,K] |
2547 | There is information if there are symbols which refer, and which can combine into a truth or falsehood [McGinn] |
5026 | Animals lack morality because they lack self-reflection [Leibniz] |
2542 | Causation in the material world is energy-transfer, of motion, electricity or gravity [McGinn] |