9 ideas
16678 | Without magnitude a thing would retain its parts, but they would have no location [Buridan] |
23647 | Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid] |
16793 | A thing is (less properly) the same over time if each part is succeeded by another [Buridan] |
12155 | Statements of 'relative identity' are really statements of resemblance [Perry] |
11958 | Impossibilites are easily conceived in mathematics and geometry [Reid, by Molnar] |
16577 | Induction is not demonstration, because not all of the instances can be observed [Buridan] |
16576 | Science is based on induction, for general truths about fire, rhubarb and magnets [Buridan] |
23646 | Reference is by name, or a term-plus-circumstance, or ostensively, or by description [Reid] |
23645 | A word's meaning is the thing conceived, as fixed by linguistic experts [Reid] |