6 ideas
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] |
9212 | Possible states of affairs are not propositions; a proposition can't be a state of affairs! [Fine,K] |
9213 | The actual world is a possible world, so we can't define possible worlds as 'what might have been' [Fine,K] |
17944 | 'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas] |
17366 | Virtually all modern views of speciation rest on relational rather than intrinsic features [Okasha] |