11 ideas
1403 | A rational donkey would starve to death between two totally identical piles of hay [Buridan, by PG] |
594 | Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list [Speussipus, by Aristotle] |
16678 | Without magnitude a thing would retain its parts, but they would have no location [Buridan] |
16793 | A thing is (less properly) the same over time if each part is succeeded by another [Buridan] |
21227 | The Cogito demands a bridge to the world, and ends in isolating the ego [Velarde-Mayol] |
16726 | Why can't we deduce secondary qualities from primary ones, if they cause them? [Buridan] |
21215 | The representation may not be a likeness [Velarde-Mayol] |
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] |
21219 | Find the essence by varying an object, to see what remains invariable [Velarde-Mayol] |
2632 | Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods [Speussipus, by Cicero] |