15 ideas
5062 | First: there must be reasons; Second: why anything at all?; Third: why this? [Leibniz] |
19377 | A monad and its body are living, so life is everywhere, and comes in infinite degrees [Leibniz] |
7855 | Some suggest that materialism is empty, because 'physical' cannot be properly characterized [Mellor/Crane, by Papineau] |
19353 | 'Perception' is basic internal representation, and 'apperception' is reflective knowledge of perception [Leibniz] |
6120 | Causation depends on intrinsic properties [Mellor/Crane] |
5061 | Animals are semi-rational because they connect facts, but they don't see causes [Leibniz] |
6121 | There are many psychophysicals laws - about the effects of sweets, colours and soft cushions [Mellor/Crane] |
6122 | No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane] |
22465 | We see a moral distinction between doing and allowing to happen [Foot] |
22466 | We see a moral distinction between our aims and their foreseen consequences [Foot] |
22467 | Acts and omissions only matter if they concern doing something versus allowing it [Foot] |
5063 | Music charms, although its beauty is the harmony of numbers [Leibniz] |
22470 | A good moral system benefits its participants, and so demands reciprocity [Foot] |
22468 | Virtues can have aims, but good states of affairs are not among them [Foot] |
22469 | Some virtues imply rules, and others concern attachment [Foot] |