10 ideas
15464 | The distinction between dispositional and 'categorical' properties leads to confusion [Lewis] |
16641 | Whiteness does not exist, but by it something can exist-as-white [Aquinas] |
16740 | A power is not a cause, but an aptitude for a cause [Zabarella] |
15463 | All dispositions must have causal bases [Lewis] |
15461 | A 'finkish' disposition is real, but disappears when the stimulus occurs [Lewis] |
15462 | Backtracking counterfactuals go from supposed events to their required causal antecedents [Lewis] |
22170 | Senses grasp external properties, but the understanding grasps the essential natures of things [Aquinas] |
22169 | Initial universal truths are present within us as potential, to be drawn out by reason [Aquinas] |
22168 | Minds take in a likeness of things, which activates an awaiting potential [Aquinas] |
16571 | Prime matter is exceptionally obscure [Zabarella] |