13 ideas
18529 | Relations are expressed either as absolute facts, or by a relational concept [William of Ockham] |
16779 | Cut wood doesn't make a new substance, but seems to make separate subjects [William of Ockham] |
16757 | Hot water naturally cools down, which is due to the substantial form of the water [William of Ockham] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
9102 | If an animal approached from a distance, we might abstract 'animal' from one instance [William of Ockham] |
9757 | A person viewed as an agent makes no sense without its own future [Korsgaard] |
9758 | To make sense of personal identity, focus on agency rather than experience [Korsgaard] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
9114 | There are no secure foundations to prove the separate existence of mind, in reason or experience [William of Ockham] |
9759 | Theory of action focuses on explanation and prediction; practical action on justification and choice [Korsgaard] |
9760 | Self-concern may be a source of pain, or a lack of self-respect, or a failure of responsibility [Korsgaard] |
9761 | Personal concern for one's own self widens out into concern for the impersonal [Korsgaard] |
9115 | To love God means to love whatever God wills to be loved [William of Ockham] |