14 ideas
13168 | My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz] |
13169 | I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz] |
13170 | The analysis of things leads to atoms of substance, which found both composition and action [Leibniz] |
13171 | Substance must necessarily involve progress and change [Leibniz] |
3978 | Associations are held to connect Ideas together in the way the world is connected together [Fodor] |
3976 | Intentional science needs objects with semantic and causal properties, and which obey laws [Fodor] |
3980 | Intentional states and processes may be causal relations among mental symbols [Fodor] |
3981 | Most psychological properties seem to be multiply realisable [Fodor] |
3975 | Folk psychology explains behaviour by reference to intentional states like belief and desire [Fodor] |
3982 | How could the extrinsic properties of thoughts supervene on their intrinsic properties? [Fodor] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
3977 | Laws are true generalisations which support counterfactuals and are confirmed by instances [Fodor] |
13167 | We need the metaphysical notion of force to explain mechanics, and not just extended mass [Leibniz] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |