10 ideas
22234 | Post-structuralism focused on exterior determinants of thought, rather than the thinker [Oksala] |
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
4027 | Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver] |
4029 | Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver] |
20653 | Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |
20582 | World government needs a shared global identity [Oksala] |
20568 | The principles Rawls arrives at do not just conform to benevolence, but also result from choices [Oksala] |
20578 | Anarchists prefer local and communal government [Oksala] |
20574 | Utilitarianism neglects responsibility, duties and rights [Oksala] |