6 ideas
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
10494 | Several words may label a category; one word can name several categories; some categories lack words [Ellen] |
4027 | Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver] |
4029 | Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver] |
14781 | A 'belief' is a habit which determines how our imagination and actions proceed [Peirce] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |