16 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] |
15842 | An ad hominem refutation is reasonable, if it uses the opponent's assumptions [Harte,V] |
14607 | T adds □p→p for reflexivity, and is ideal for modeling lawhood [Schaffer,J] |
15841 | Mereology began as a nominalist revolt against the commitments of set theory [Harte,V] |
14604 | If a notion is ontologically basic, it should be needed in our best attempt at science [Schaffer,J] |
15858 | Traditionally, the four elements are just what persists through change [Harte,V] |
14599 | Three types of reduction: Theoretical (of terms), Definitional (of concepts), Ontological (of reality) [Schaffer,J] |
16661 | There are two sorts of category - referring to things, and to circumstances of things [Boethius] |
14605 | Tropes are the same as events [Schaffer,J] |
14601 | Individuation aims to count entities, by saying when there is one [Schaffer,J] |
15848 | Mereology treats constitution as a criterion of identity, as shown in the axiom of extensionality [Harte,V] |
15837 | What exactly is a 'sum', and what exactly is 'composition'? [Harte,V] |
15839 | If something is 'more than' the sum of its parts, is the extra thing another part, or not? [Harte,V] |
15838 | The problem with the term 'sum' is that it is singular [Harte,V] |
14606 | Only ideal conceivability could indicate what is possible [Schaffer,J] |