8 ideas
10558 | Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta] |
14919 | Empiricists deny what is unobservable, and reject objective modality [Fraassen] |
6783 | To 'accept' a theory is not to believe it, but to believe it empirically adequate [Fraassen, by Bird] |
14917 | To accept a scientific theory, we only need to believe that it is empirically adequate [Fraassen] |
6784 | Why should the true explanation be one of the few we have actually thought of? [Fraassen, by Bird] |
13066 | An explanation is just descriptive information answering a particular question [Fraassen, by Salmon] |
10557 | Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta] |
21097 | Modern monarchies are (like republics) rule by law, rather than by men [Hume] |