10 ideas
20728 | Metaphysics is hopeless with its present epistemology; common-sense realism is needed [Colvin] |
20726 | We can only distinguish self from non-self if there is an inflexible external reality [Colvin] |
20727 | Common-sense realism rests on our interests and practical life [Colvin] |
20730 | If objects are doubted because their appearances change, that presupposes one object [Colvin] |
20729 | Arguments that objects are unknowable or non-existent assume the knower's existence [Colvin] |
20731 | The idea that everything is relations is contradictory; relations are part of the concept of things [Colvin] |
15312 | We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley] |
13197 | The notion of substance is one of the keys to true philosophy [Leibniz] |
13198 | Gravity is within matter because of its structure, and it can be explained. [Leibniz] |
15311 | Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley] |