7 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
6564 | To affirm 'p and not-p' is to have mislearned 'and' or 'not' [Quine] |
8964 | Entities can be multiplied either by excessive categories, or excessive entities within a category [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz] |
8962 | 'There are shapes which are never exemplified' is the toughest example for nominalists [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz] |
8961 | Nominalists are motivated by Ockham's Razor and a distrust of unobservables [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz] |
8963 | Four theories of possible worlds: conceptualist, combinatorial, abstract, or concrete [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |