15 ideas
22329 | Logic is highly general truths abstracted from reality [Russell, by Glock] |
23664 | Powers are quite distinct and simple, and so cannot be defined [Reid] |
23669 | Thinkers say that matter has intrinsic powers, but is also passive and acted upon [Reid] |
23666 | It is obvious that there could not be a power without a subject which possesses it [Reid] |
23665 | Consciousness is the power of mind to know itself, and minds are grounded in powers [Reid] |
19355 | The soul doesn't understand many of its own actions, if perceptions are confused and desires buried [Leibniz] |
21569 | It is good to generalise truths as much as possible [Russell] |
23668 | Our own nature attributes free determinations to our own will [Reid] |
19350 | We should say that body is mechanism and soul is immaterial, asserting their independence [Leibniz] |
20051 | Reid said that agent causation is a unique type of causation [Reid, by Stout,R] |
19356 | Minds unconsciously count vibration beats in music, and enjoy it when they coincide [Leibniz] |
8383 | Day and night are constantly conjoined, but they don't cause one another [Reid, by Crane] |
23667 | Regular events don't imply a cause, without an innate conviction of universal causation [Reid] |
23670 | Scientists don't know the cause of magnetism, and only discover its regulations [Reid] |
23671 | Laws are rules for effects, but these need a cause; rules of navigation don't navigate [Reid] |