10 ideas
6602 | Philosophy is like a statue which is worshipped but never advances [Bacon] |
14296 | Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine] |
23651 | Universals are not objects of sense and cannot be imagined - but can be conceived [Reid] |
23650 | Only individuals exist [Reid] |
23649 | No one thinks two sheets possess a single whiteness, but all agree they are both white [Reid] |
11874 | Real identity admits of no degrees [Reid] |
16724 | The senses deceive, but also show their own errors [Bacon] |
6603 | Nature is revealed when we put it under pressure rather than observe it [Bacon] |
23652 | We must first conceive things before we can consider them [Reid] |
23648 | First we notice and name attributes ('abstracting'); then we notice that subjects share them ('generalising') [Reid] |