7 ideas
16391 | Indexical thoughts are about themselves, and ascribe properties to themselves [Perry, by Recanati] |
21131 | Democracy is competition for support of the people, guided by self-interest on all sides [Posner] |
6613 | The natural kinds are objects, processes and properties/relations [Ellis] |
6616 | Least action is not a causal law, but a 'global law', describing a global essence [Ellis] |
6615 | A species requires a genus, and its essence includes the essence of the genus [Ellis] |
6614 | A hierarchy of natural kinds is elaborate ontology, but needed to explain natural laws [Ellis] |
6612 | Without general principles, we couldn't predict the behaviour of dispositional properties [Ellis] |