14 ideas
21339 | We want the ontology of relations, not just a formal way of specifying them [Heil] |
21349 | Two people are indirectly related by height; the direct relation is internal, between properties [Heil] |
21340 | Maybe all the other features of the world can be reduced to relations [Heil] |
21351 | Truthmaking is a clear example of an internal relation [Heil] |
21344 | If R internally relates a and b, and you have a and b, you thereby have R [Heil] |
21348 | In the case of 5 and 6, their relational truthmaker is just the numbers [Heil] |
16705 | Whiteness isn't created in an alteration, because it is just this-being-white [Oresme] |
21350 | If properties are powers, then causal relations are internal relations [Heil] |
23146 | Motives produce intentions, which lead to actions [Driver] |
23144 | Virtue should be defined by consequences, not by states of mind [Driver] |
23147 | Good intentions are not necessary for virtue [Driver] |
23148 | Virtues are character traits or dispositions which produce good consequences for others [Driver] |
23150 | Control of pregnancy and knowledge of paternity have downgraded chastity [Driver] |
23149 | If generosity systematically turned recipients into parasites, it wouldn't be a virtue [Driver] |