8 ideas
12714 | The substantial form is the principle of action or the primitive force of acting [Leibniz] |
14348 | An 'antidote' allows a manifestation to begin, but then blocks it [Corry] |
14347 | A 'finkish' disposition is one that is lost immediately after the appropriate stimulus [Corry] |
14350 | If a disposition is never instantiated, it shouldn't be part of our theory of nature [Corry] |
12743 | A true being must (unlike a chain) have united parts, with a substantial form as its subject [Leibniz] |
14351 | Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities [Corry] |
6017 | Nomos is king [Pindar] |
14346 | Dispositional essentialism says fundamental laws of nature are strict, not ceteris paribus [Corry] |