7 ideas
9182 | Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett] |
10467 | Individuals consist of 'compresent' tropes [Bacon,John] |
10464 | A trope is a bit of a property or relation (not an exemplification or a quality) [Bacon,John] |
10465 | Trope theory is ontologically parsimonious, with possibly only one-category [Bacon,John] |
10466 | Maybe possible worlds are just sets of possible tropes [Bacon,John] |
19087 | The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce] |
9181 | The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett] |