12 ideas
18969 | How do you distinguish three beliefs from four beliefs or two beliefs? [Quine] |
23681 | The first motion or effect cannot be produced necessarily, so the First Cause must be a free agent [Reid] |
23676 | A willed action needs reasonable understanding of what is to be done [Reid] |
23680 | We are morally free, because we experience it, we are accountable, and we pursue projects [Reid] |
18967 | A 'proposition' is said to be the timeless cognitive part of the meaning of a sentence [Quine] |
18968 | The problem with propositions is their individuation. When do two sentences express one proposition? [Quine] |
23678 | A motive is merely an idea, like advice, and not a force for action [Reid] |
22474 | Unlike aesthetic evaluation, moral evaluation needs a concept of responsibility [Foot] |
22472 | The practice of justice may well need a recognition of human equality [Foot] |
23677 | We all know that mere priority or constant conjunction do not have to imply causation [Reid] |
23679 | The principle of the law of nature is that matter is passive, and is acted upon [Reid] |
18970 | The concept of a 'point' makes no sense without the idea of absolute position [Quine] |