9 ideas
8732 | It is spooky the way mathematics anticipates physics [Weinberg] |
12312 | The real essence of a thing is its powers, or 'dispositional properties' [Copi] |
594 | Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list [Speussipus, by Aristotle] |
10937 | Essential properties are the 'deepest' ones which explain the others [Copi, by Rami] |
12308 | In modern science, nominal essence is intended to be real essence [Copi] |
12303 | Within the four types of change, essential attributes are those whose loss means destruction [Copi] |
12307 | Modern science seeks essences, and is getting closer to them [Copi] |
12310 | Real essences are scientifically knowable, but so are non-essential properties [Copi] |
2632 | Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods [Speussipus, by Cicero] |