8 ideas
8568 | A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor] |
8564 | There is obviously a possible predicate for every property [Mellor] |
12714 | The substantial form is the principle of action or the primitive force of acting [Leibniz] |
8566 | We need universals for causation and laws of nature; the latter give them their identity [Mellor] |
8565 | If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning [Mellor] |
12743 | A true being must (unlike a chain) have united parts, with a substantial form as its subject [Leibniz] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |