6 ideas
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
10800 | The values of variables can't determine existence, because they are just expressions [Ryle, by Quine] |
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] |
11946 | Propensities are part of a situation, not part of the objects [Popper] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |