8 ideas
15586 | When philosophy makes itself intelligible, it commits suicide [Heidegger] |
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
18351 | Propositions are made true, in virtue of something which explains its truth [Lowe] |
4027 | Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver] |
18353 | Modes are beings that are related both to substances and to universals [Lowe] |
4029 | Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver] |
18352 | Tropes have existence independently of any entities [Lowe] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |