First principles (general ideas only, like law of non-contradiction) Flashcards
1
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- Being is not non-being
A
Principle of non-contradiction
2
Q
Being is
A
Principle of Existence
3
Q
Being is Being
A
Principle of Identity
4
Q
Either being or non-being
A
Principle of the Excluded middle
5
Q
Non-being can not cause being
A
Principle of Causality
6
Q
Contingent Being can not cause contingent being
A
Principle of Contigency
7
Q
A necessary being can not cause another necessary being
A
The negative principle of modality
8
Q
Every contingent being is caused by a necessary being
A
principle of existential causality
9
Q
necessary being exists
A
Principle of existential necessity
10
Q
Contingent Being exists
A
Principle of existential contingeny
11
Q
Necessary being is similar to contingent being it causes
A
Principle of analogy
12
Q
Only necessary being can cause necessary being
A
positive principle of modality
