12 ideas
12066 | Aristotelian and Kripkean essentialism are very different theories [Witt] |
12067 | An Aristotelian essence is a nonlinguistic correlate of the definition [Witt] |
12082 | If unity is a matter of degree, then essence may also be a matter of degree [Witt] |
12089 | Essences mainly explain the existence of unified substance [Witt] |
12102 | Essential properties of origin are too radically individual for an Aristotelian essence [Witt] |
14804 | Is chance just unknown laws? But the laws operate the same, whatever chance occurs [Peirce] |
14805 | Is there any such thing as death among the lower organisms? [Peirce] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
14806 | If the world is just mechanical, its whole specification has no more explanation than mere chance [Peirce] |
12085 | Reality is directional [Witt] |
14803 | The more precise the observations, the less reliable appear to be the laws of nature [Peirce] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |