8 ideas
9182 | Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett] |
8443 | Mereological essentialism says an entity must have exactly those parts [Sosa] |
9181 | The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
8442 | What law would explain causation in the case of causing a table to come into existence? [Sosa] |
8444 | Where is the necessary causation in the three people being tall making everybody tall? [Sosa] |
8445 | The necessitated is not always a result or consequence of the necessitator [Sosa] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |