11 ideas
15457 | Interdefinition is useless by itself, but if we grasp one separately, we have them both [Lewis] |
9406 | A class is natural when everybody can spot further members of it [Quinton] |
18244 | I say the irrational is not the cut itself, but a new creation which corresponds to the cut [Dedekind] |
15730 | Extreme nominalists say all classification is arbitrary convention [Quinton] |
15400 | We must avoid circularity between what is intrinsic and what is natural [Lewis, by Cameron] |
15458 | A property is 'intrinsic' iff it can never differ between duplicates [Lewis] |
15459 | Ellipsoidal stars seem to have an intrinsic property which depends on other objects [Lewis] |
15728 | The naturalness of a class depends as much on the observers as on the objects [Quinton] |
9407 | Properties imply natural classes which can be picked out by everybody [Quinton] |
15729 | Uninstantiated properties must be defined using the instantiated ones [Quinton] |
8520 | An individual is a union of a group of qualities and a position [Quinton, by Campbell,K] |