8 ideas
12219 | Whether a modal claim is true depends on how the object is described [Quine, by Fine,K] |
10922 | Objects are the values of variables, so a referentially opaque context cannot be quantified into [Quine] |
10923 | Aristotelian essentialism says a thing has some necessary and some non-necessary properties [Quine] |
12251 | Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes] |
10921 | Necessity can attach to statement-names, to statements, and to open sentences [Quine] |
10924 | Necessity is in the way in which we say things, and not things themselves [Quine] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
16772 | An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau] |