15 ideas
18859 | Metaphysics is a quest for truthmakers [Tallant] |
11257 | The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis] |
18861 | Maybe number statements can be paraphrased into quantifications plus identities [Tallant] |
11235 | 'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis] |
18866 | Maybe only 'positive' truths need truth-makers [Tallant] |
18860 | A truthmaker is the minimal portion of reality that will do the job [Tallant] |
18863 | What is the truthmaker for a possible new power? [Tallant] |
11277 | Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis] |
16669 | Everything that exists is either a being, or some mode of a being [Malebranche] |
18864 | The wisdom of Plato and of Socrates are not the same property [Tallant] |
18865 | Substance must have two properties: individuation, and property-bearing [Tallant] |
11248 | Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis] |
18862 | Are propositions all the thoughts and sentences that are possible? [Tallant] |
12726 | In a true cause we see a necessary connection [Malebranche] |
2594 | A true cause must involve a necessary connection between cause and effect [Malebranche] |