10 ideas
14231 | We should always apply someone's theory of meaning to their own utterances [Liggins] |
14232 | We normally formalise 'There are Fs' with singular quantification and predication, but this may be wrong [Liggins] |
8568 | A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor] |
8564 | There is obviously a possible predicate for every property [Mellor] |
8566 | We need universals for causation and laws of nature; the latter give them their identity [Mellor] |
8565 | If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning [Mellor] |
14233 | Nihilists needn't deny parts - they can just say that some of the xs are among the ys [Liggins] |
4042 | Metaphysics requires the idea of people (speakers) located in space and time [Davidson] |
4041 | Sentences held true determine the meanings of the words they contain [Davidson] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |