15 ideas
14600 | Analysis aims at secure necessary and sufficient conditions [Schaffer,J] |
14603 | 'Reification' occurs if we mistake a concept for a thing [Schaffer,J] |
14607 | T adds □p→p for reflexivity, and is ideal for modeling lawhood [Schaffer,J] |
9406 | A class is natural when everybody can spot further members of it [Quinton] |
14604 | If a notion is ontologically basic, it should be needed in our best attempt at science [Schaffer,J] |
14599 | Three types of reduction: Theoretical (of terms), Definitional (of concepts), Ontological (of reality) [Schaffer,J] |
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] |
14605 | Tropes are the same as events [Schaffer,J] |
12750 | The question is whether force is self-sufficient in bodies, and essential, or dependent on something [Lenfant] |
15729 | Uninstantiated properties must be defined using the instantiated ones [Quinton] |
14601 | Individuation aims to count entities, by saying when there is one [Schaffer,J] |
8520 | An individual is a union of a group of qualities and a position [Quinton, by Campbell,K] |
14606 | Only ideal conceivability could indicate what is possible [Schaffer,J] |