Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Properties'', 'The Ages of the World' and 'Problems in the Explanation of Action'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

4037	Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

4039	Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / b. Types of intention

20074

We can keep Davidson's account of intentions in action, by further explaining prior intentions [Davidson, by Stout,R]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

20957

We don't choose our characters, yet we still claim credit for the actions our characters perform [Schelling]