10 ideas
9406 | A class is natural when everybody can spot further members of it [Quinton] |
15730 | Extreme nominalists say all classification is arbitrary convention [Quinton] |
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] |
21710 | We know a universal in 'yellow differs from blue' or 'yellow resembles blue less than green does' [Russell] |
15729 | Uninstantiated properties must be defined using the instantiated ones [Quinton] |
10414 | Abstract objects are constituted by encoded collections of properties [Zalta, by Swoyer] |
10415 | Properties make round squares and round triangles distinct, unlike exemplification [Zalta, by Swoyer] |
8520 | An individual is a union of a group of qualities and a position [Quinton, by Campbell,K] |
8854 | My 'acquaintance' with sense-data is nothing like my knowing New York [Williams,M on Russell] |