8 ideas
22642 | Man has an intense natural interest in the consistency of his own thinking [James] |
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
22641 | Realities just are, and beliefs are true of them [James] |
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] |
21516 | We want certainty in order to achieve secure results for action [Dewey] |
22640 | We find satisfaction in consistency of all of our beliefs, perceptions and mental connections [James] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |