10 ideas
19426 | 'Nominal' definitions just list distinguishing characteristics [Leibniz] |
15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
579 | Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
19424 | Knowledge needs clarity, distinctness, and adequacy, and it should be intuitive [Leibniz] |
578 | Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
19427 | True ideas represent what is possible; false ideas represent contradictions [Leibniz] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |
19425 | In the schools the Four Causes are just lumped together in a very obscure way [Leibniz] |