9 ideas
7920 | Descriptive metaphysics aims at actual structure, revisionary metaphysics at a better structure [Strawson,P] |
7922 | Descriptive metaphysics concerns unchanging core concepts and categories [Strawson,P] |
7921 | Close examination of actual word usage is the only sure way in philosophy [Strawson,P] |
18170 | The Axiom of Reducibility is self-effacing: if true, it isn't needed [Quine] |
9282 | I can only apply consciousness predicates to myself if I can apply them to others [Strawson,P] |
9263 | A person is an entity to which we can ascribe predicates of consciousness and corporeality [Strawson,P] |
2596 | Maybe mind and body are parallel, like two good clocks [Leibniz] |
9281 | The idea of a predicate matches a range of things to which it can be applied [Strawson,P] |
2595 | If the universe is a perfect agreement of uncommunicating substances, there must be a common source [Leibniz] |