12 ideas
20768 | Like spiderswebs, dialectical arguments are clever but useless [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius] |
6402 | In 1927, Russell analysed force and matter in terms of events [Russell, by Grayling] |
8967 | Not all predicates can be properties - 'is non-self-exemplifying', for example [Lowe] |
14732 | A perceived physical object is events grouped around a centre [Russell] |
8965 | Neither mere matter nor pure form can individuate a sphere, so it must be a combination [Lowe] |
14733 | An object produces the same percepts with or without a substance, so that is irrelevant to science [Russell] |
6418 | Russell rejected phenomenalism because it couldn't account for causal relations [Russell, by Grayling] |
8968 | If the flagpole causally explains the shadow, the shadow cannot explain the flagpole [Lowe] |
8966 | Properties are facets of objects, only discussable separately by an act of abstraction [Lowe] |
3049 | The chief good is indifference to what lies midway between virtue and vice [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius] |
3549 | Ariston says rules are useless for the virtuous and the non-virtuous [Ariston, by Annas] |
21706 | At first matter is basic and known by sense-data; later Russell says matter is constructed [Russell, by Linsky,B] |