10 ideas
15842 | An ad hominem refutation is reasonable, if it uses the opponent's assumptions [Harte,V] |
10355 | Facts can't make claims true, because they are true claims [Brandom, by Kusch] |
15841 | Mereology began as a nominalist revolt against the commitments of set theory [Harte,V] |
15858 | Traditionally, the four elements are just what persists through change [Harte,V] |
15848 | Mereology treats constitution as a criterion of identity, as shown in the axiom of extensionality [Harte,V] |
15837 | What exactly is a 'sum', and what exactly is 'composition'? [Harte,V] |
15838 | The problem with the term 'sum' is that it is singular [Harte,V] |
15839 | If something is 'more than' the sum of its parts, is the extra thing another part, or not? [Harte,V] |
20653 | Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson] |
7765 | The use of a sentence is its commitments and entitlements [Brandom, by Lycan] |