10 ideas
5040 | Necessary truths can be analysed into original truths; contingent truths are infinitely analysable [Leibniz] |
13159 | Only God sees contingent truths a priori [Leibniz] |
16978 | If conceivability is a priori coherence, that implies possibility [Tahko] |
5039 | If non-existents are possible, their existence would replace what now exists, which cannot therefore be necessary [Leibniz] |
16975 | Essences are used to explain natural kinds, modality, and causal powers [Tahko] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
16976 | Scientific essentialists tend to characterise essence in terms of modality (not vice versa) [Tahko] |
16977 | If essence is modal and laws are necessary, essentialist knowledge is found by scientists [Tahko] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |
5041 | God does everything in a perfect way, and never acts contrary to reason [Leibniz] |