14 ideas
14600 | Analysis aims at secure necessary and sufficient conditions [Schaffer,J] |
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
14603 | 'Reification' occurs if we mistake a concept for a thing [Schaffer,J] |
14607 | T adds □p→p for reflexivity, and is ideal for modeling lawhood [Schaffer,J] |
14604 | If a notion is ontologically basic, it should be needed in our best attempt at science [Schaffer,J] |
14599 | Three types of reduction: Theoretical (of terms), Definitional (of concepts), Ontological (of reality) [Schaffer,J] |
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] |
14605 | Tropes are the same as events [Schaffer,J] |
14601 | Individuation aims to count entities, by saying when there is one [Schaffer,J] |
14606 | Only ideal conceivability could indicate what is possible [Schaffer,J] |
5052 | When Gentiles follow the law, they must have the law written in their hearts [Paul] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |
7572 | Power is ordained by God, so anyone who resists power resists God, and will be damned [Paul] |