10 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
15544 | If what is actual might have been impossible, we need S4 modal logic [Armstrong, by Lewis] |
7024 | Properties are universals, which are always instantiated [Armstrong, by Heil] |
9478 | Even if all properties are categorical, they may be denoted by dispositional predicates [Armstrong, by Bird] |
10729 | Universals explain resemblance and causal power [Armstrong, by Oliver] |
4031 | It doesn't follow that because there is a predicate there must therefore exist a property [Armstrong] |
10024 | The type-token distinction is the universal-particular distinction [Armstrong, by Hodes] |
10728 | A thing's self-identity can't be a universal, since we can know it a priori [Armstrong, by Oliver] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
3648 | Empiricists are collecting ants; rationalists are spinning spiders; and bees do both [Bacon] |