7 ideas
5437 | The claim of hermeneutics to give knowledge through understanding is challenged by positivism [Mautner on Dilthey] |
14248 | We could accept the integers as primitive, then use sets to construct the rest [Cohen] |
10414 | Abstract objects are constituted by encoded collections of properties [Zalta, by Swoyer] |
10558 | Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta] |
10415 | Properties make round squares and round triangles distinct, unlike exemplification [Zalta, by Swoyer] |
5436 | Natural science seeks explanation; human sciences seek understanding [Dilthey, by Mautner] |
10557 | Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta] |