28 ideas
12780 | We can grasp the wisdom of God a priori [Leibniz] |
13737 | The empiricist says that metaphysics is meaningless, rather than false [Schlick] |
11115 | 'All horses' either picks out the horses, or the things which are horses [Jubien] |
12774 | Without a substantial chain to link monads, they would just be coordinated dreams [Leibniz] |
12782 | Monads control nothing outside of themselves [Leibniz] |
12777 | Monads do not make a unity unless a substantial chain is added to them [Leibniz] |
12778 | There is active and passive power in the substantial chain and in the essence of a composite [Leibniz] |
12783 | Primitive force is what gives a composite its reality [Leibniz] |
11116 | Being a physical object is our most fundamental category [Jubien] |
12775 | Things seem to be unified if we see duration, position, interaction and connection [Leibniz] |
11117 | Haecceities implausibly have no qualities [Jubien] |
12776 | Every substance is alive [Leibniz] |
12753 | A substantial bond of powers is needed to unite composites, in addition to monads [Leibniz] |
12781 | A composite substance is a mere aggregate if its essence is just its parts [Leibniz] |
11119 | De re necessity is just de dicto necessity about object-essences [Jubien] |
12779 | There is a reason why not every possible thing exists [Leibniz] |
11118 | Modal propositions transcend the concrete, but not the actual [Jubien] |
11108 | Your properties, not some other world, decide your possibilities [Jubien] |
11111 | Modal truths are facts about parts of this world, not about remote maximal entities [Jubien] |
11105 | We have no idea how many 'possible worlds' there might be [Jubien] |
11109 | If other worlds exist, then they are scattered parts of the actual world [Jubien] |
11106 | If all possible worlds just happened to include stars, their existence would be necessary [Jubien] |
11107 | If there are no other possible worlds, do we then exist necessarily? [Jubien] |
11112 | Possible worlds just give parallel contingencies, with no explanation at all of necessity [Jubien] |
11113 | Worlds don't explain necessity; we use necessity to decide on possible worlds [Jubien] |
11110 | We mustn't confuse a similar person with the same person [Jubien] |
12785 | Truth is mutually agreed perception [Leibniz] |
12784 | Allow no more miracles than are necessary [Leibniz] |