12 ideas
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| 3296 | Sense-data are a false objectification of what is essentially subjective [Nagel] |
| 3295 | Inner v outer brings astonishment that we are a particular person [Nagel] |
| 3293 | If you assert that we have an ego, you can still ask if that future ego will be me [Nagel] |
| 3292 | The most difficult problem of free will is saying what the problem is [Nagel] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
| 3294 | As far as possible we should become instruments to realise what is best from an eternal point of view [Nagel] |
| 8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |