10 ideas
5044 | Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz] |
14348 | An 'antidote' allows a manifestation to begin, but then blocks it [Corry] |
14347 | A 'finkish' disposition is one that is lost immediately after the appropriate stimulus [Corry] |
14350 | If a disposition is never instantiated, it shouldn't be part of our theory of nature [Corry] |
6019 | If someone squashed a horse to make a dog, something new would now exist [Mnesarchus] |
14351 | Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities [Corry] |
5045 | No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz] |
5046 | The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz] |
14346 | Dispositional essentialism says fundamental laws of nature are strict, not ceteris paribus [Corry] |
5043 | To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz] |