12 ideas
22519 | Philosophers are revealed by their fears [Billington] |
11257 | The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis] |
11235 | 'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis] |
13445 | Descartes showed a one-one order-preserving match between points on a line and the real numbers [Descartes, by Hart,WD] |
11277 | Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis] |
16774 | Descartes thinks distinguishing substances from aggregates is pointless [Descartes, by Pasnau] |
11248 | Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis] |
7400 | Descartes said images can refer to objects without resembling them (as words do) [Descartes, by Tuck] |
4310 | We have inner awareness of our freedom [Descartes] |
6553 | Descartes discussed the interaction problem, and compared it with gravity [Descartes, by Lycan] |
19676 | Nature is devoid of thought [Descartes, by Meillassoux] |
6518 | Matter can't just be Descartes's geometry, because a filler of the spaces is needed [Robinson,H on Descartes] |