11 ideas
12302 | Definitions formed an abstract hierarchy for Aristotle, as sets do for us [Fine,K] |
14266 | Aristotle sees hierarchies in definitions using genus and differentia (as we see them in sets) [Fine,K] |
14268 | Maybe bottom-up grounding shows constitution, and top-down grounding shows essence [Fine,K] |
14267 | There is no distinctive idea of constitution, because you can't say constitution begins and ends [Fine,K] |
14264 | Is there a plausible Aristotelian notion of constitution, applicable to both physical and non-physical? [Fine,K] |
12732 | Some necessary truths are brute, and others derive from final causes [Leibniz] |
5960 | When the soul is intelligent and harmonious, it is part of god and derives from god [Plutarch] |
19438 | Our large perceptions and appetites are made up tiny unconscious fragments [Leibniz] |
19415 | Passions reside in confused perceptions [Leibniz] |
14265 | The components of abstract definitions could play the same role as matter for physical objects [Fine,K] |
19439 | God produces possibilities, and thus ideas [Leibniz] |