6 ideas
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] |
8409 | Probabilistic causal concepts are widely used in everyday life and in science [Salmon] |
7902 | The Buddha made flowers float in the air, to impress people, and make them listen [Mahavastu] |