10 ideas
8594 | People have had good reasons for thinking that the circle has been squared [Shoemaker] |
16660 | Are things distinct if they are both separate, or if only one of them can be separate? [Duns Scotus, by Pasnau] |
8596 | Inability to measure equality doesn't make all lengths unequal [Shoemaker] |
8597 | We couldn't verify the earth's rotation if everyone simultaneously fell asleep [Shoemaker] |
16626 | Substance is only grasped under the general heading of 'being' [Duns Scotus] |
12887 | A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim] |
8593 | Maybe billions of changeless years have elapsed since my last meal [Shoemaker] |
8598 | If things turn red for an hour and then explode, we wouldn't say the redness was the cause [Shoemaker] |
4226 | If three regions 'freeze' every three, four and five years, after sixty years everything stops for a year [Shoemaker, by Lowe] |
8595 | If three regions freeze every 3rd, 4th and 5th year, they all freeze together every 60 years [Shoemaker] |