10 ideas
20350 | Metaphysics generalises the data, to get at the ontology [Richardson] |
20349 | Metaphysics aims at the essence of things, and a system to show how this explains other truths [Richardson] |
20351 | Metaphysics needs systems, because analysis just obsesses over details [Richardson] |
23633 | Many truths seem obvious, and point to universal agreement - which is what we find [Reid] |
23630 | Only philosophers treat ideas as objects [Reid] |
23629 | The ambiguity of words impedes the advancement of knowledge [Reid] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
20356 | Humans dominate because, unlike other animals, they have a synthesis of conflicting drives [Richardson] |
23632 | Similar effects come from similar causes, and causes are only what are sufficient for the effects [Reid] |
20366 | A mind that could see cause and effect as a continuum would deny cause and effect [Richardson] |