9 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
18200 | Very large sets should be studied in an 'if-then' spirit [Putnam] |
18199 | Indispensability strongly supports predicative sets, and somewhat supports impredicative sets [Putnam] |
8857 | We must quantify over numbers for science; but that commits us to their existence [Putnam] |
15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |