10 ideas
13412 | Obtaining numbers by abstraction is impossible - there are too many; only a rule could give them, in order [Benacerraf] |
13413 | We must explain how we know so many numbers, and recognise ones we haven't met before [Benacerraf] |
13411 | If numbers are basically the cardinals (Frege-Russell view) you could know some numbers in isolation [Benacerraf] |
13415 | An adequate account of a number must relate it to its series [Benacerraf] |
5044 | Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz] |
5045 | No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz] |
18088 | Intentionality is the mark of dispositions, not of the mental [Place] |
5046 | The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz] |
18089 | Dispositions are not general laws, but laws of the natures of individual entities [Place] |
5043 | To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz] |