11 ideas
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] |
12699 | A body would be endless disunited parts, if it did not have a unifying form or soul [Leibniz] |
12700 | Form or soul gives unity and duration; matter gives multiplicity and change [Leibniz] |
12736 | If we understand God and his choices, we have a priori knowledge of contingent truths [Leibniz, by Garber] |
14351 | Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities [Corry] |
12698 | Every body contains a kind of sense and appetite, or a soul [Leibniz] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
14346 | Dispositional essentialism says fundamental laws of nature are strict, not ceteris paribus [Corry] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |