17 ideas
22121 | The concept of being has only one meaning, whether talking of universals or of God [Duns Scotus, by Dumont] |
22122 | Being (not sensation or God) is the primary object of the intellect [Duns Scotus, by Dumont] |
18430 | We accept properties because of type/tokens, reference, and quantification [Edwards] |
18432 | Quineans say that predication is primitive and inexplicable [Edwards] |
22125 | Duns Scotus was a realist about universals [Duns Scotus, by Dumont] |
18437 | Resemblance nominalism requires a second entity to explain 'the rose is crimson' [Edwards] |
22127 | Scotus said a substantial principle of individuation [haecceitas] was needed for an essence [Duns Scotus, by Dumont] |
18434 | That a whole is prior to its parts ('priority monism') is a view gaining in support [Edwards] |
22126 | Avicenna and Duns Scotus say essences have independent and prior existence [Duns Scotus, by Dumont] |
22129 | Certainty comes from the self-evident, from induction, and from self-awareness [Duns Scotus, by Dumont] |
22130 | Scotus defended direct 'intuitive cognition', against the abstractive view [Duns Scotus, by Dumont] |
22128 | Augustine's 'illumination' theory of knowledge leads to nothing but scepticism [Duns Scotus, by Dumont] |
9286 | Consciousness is not a stuff, but is explained by the relations between experiences [James] |
22131 | The will retains its power for opposites, even when it is acting [Duns Scotus, by Dumont] |
9285 | 'Consciousness' is a nonentity, a mere echo of the disappearing 'soul' [James] |
22123 | The concept of God is the unique first efficient cause, final cause, and most eminent being [Duns Scotus, by Dumont] |
22124 | We can't infer the infinity of God from creation ex nihilo [Duns Scotus, by Dumont] |