7 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
9616 | A set is a collection into a whole of distinct objects of our intuition or thought [Cantor] |
15896 | Cantor needed Power Set for the reals, but then couldn't count the new collections [Cantor, by Lavine] |
13230 | Particular essence is often captured by generality [Steiner,M] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
13229 | Maybe an instance of a generalisation is more explanatory than the particular case [Steiner,M] |
13231 | Explanatory proofs rest on 'characterizing properties' of entities or structure [Steiner,M] |