10 ideas
13418 | The old problems with the axiom of choice are probably better ascribed to the law of excluded middle [Parsons,C] |
11970 | Logicians like their entities to exhibit a maximum degree of purity [Kaplan] |
13419 | If functions are transfinite objects, finitists can have no conception of them [Parsons,C] |
13417 | If a mathematical structure is rejected from a physical theory, it retains its mathematical status [Parsons,C] |
11969 | Models nicely separate particulars from their clothing, and logicians often accept that metaphysically [Kaplan] |
19440 | How do you know you have conceived a thing deeply enough to assess its possibility? [Vaidya] |
11971 | The simplest solution to transworld identification is to adopt bare particulars [Kaplan] |
11973 | Unusual people may have no counterparts, or several [Kaplan] |
11972 | Essence is a transworld heir line, rather than a collection of properties [Kaplan] |
11967 | Sentences might have the same sense when logically equivalent - or never have the same sense [Kaplan] |