6 ideas
20947 | Thoughts are learnt through words, so language shows the limits and shape of our knowledge [Herder] |
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
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] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |
22457 | If the aim is good outcomes, why are killings worse than deaths? [Scheffler, by Foot] |