8 ideas
14590 | If we accept scattered objects such as archipelagos, why not think of cars that way? [Hawthorne] |
16620 | A chair is wood, and its shape is the form; it isn't 'compounded' of the matter and form [Hobbes] |
16622 | Essence is just an artificial word from logic, giving a way of thinking about substances [Hobbes] |
14591 | Four-dimensionalists say instantaneous objects are more fundamental than long-lived ones [Hawthorne] |
14589 | A modal can reverse meaning if the context is seen differently, so maybe context is all? [Hawthorne] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
14588 | Modern metaphysicians tend to think space-time points are more fundamental than space-time regions [Hawthorne] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |