8 ideas
| 21315 | A tree remains the same in the popular sense, but not in the strict philosophical sense [Butler] |
| 7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
| 21507 | Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel] |
| 21317 | Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler] |
| 21313 | If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler] |
| 21314 | Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler] |
| 21318 | If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future [Butler] |
| 3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |