10 ideas
17505 | Using proper names properly doesn't involve necessary and sufficient conditions [Putnam] |
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] |
11908 | Putnam bases essences on 'same kind', but same kinds may not share properties [Mackie,P on Putnam] |
17944 | 'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas] |
17508 | Science aims at truth, not at 'simplicity' [Putnam] |
3789 | The more reasons that compel me, the freer I am [Descartes] |
17506 | I now think reference by the tests of experts is a special case of being causally connected [Putnam] |
17507 | Natural kind stereotypes are 'strong' (obvious, like tiger) or 'weak' (obscure, like molybdenum) [Putnam] |
11904 | Express natural kinds as a posteriori predicate connections, not as singular terms [Putnam, by Mackie,P] |