6 ideas
8921 | Structuralism is now common, studying relations, with no regard for what the objects might be [Hellman] |
8922 | Maybe mathematical objects only have structural roles, and no intrinsic nature [Hellman] |
17945 | Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas] |
17946 | Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas] |
16650 | 'Unity' is a particularly difficult word, because things can have hidden unity [Duns Scotus] |
17944 | 'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas] |