Category
page 1Metaphysical principles
individuation
The principle of individuation, or '''''''''', describes the manner in which a thing is identified as distinct from other things.
principle of sufficient reason
principle that everything must have a reason or a cause
identity of indiscernibles
impossibility for separate objects to have all their properties in common
first principle
concept
principle of individuation
concept in metaphysics
Necessitarianism
Necessitarianism is a metaphysical principle that denies all mere possibility; there is exactly one way for the world to be.
instantiation principle
concept in metaphysics and logic
Law of Continuity
principle that whatever succeeds for the finite also succeeds for the infinite
Plenitude principle
idea that all possibilities are eventually realized
causal adequacy principle