11 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
11976 | Aristotelian essentialism says essences are not relative to specification [Lewis] |
11978 | Causal necessities hold in all worlds compatible with the laws of nature [Lewis] |
14895 | 'Superficial' contingency: false in some world; 'Deep' contingency: no obvious verification [Evans, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro] |
11979 | It doesn't take the whole of a possible Humphrey to win the election [Lewis] |
11881 | Rigid designators can be meaningful even if empty [Evans, by Mackie,P] |
16994 | Counterpart theory is bizarre, as no one cares what happens to a mere counterpart [Kripke on Lewis] |
11974 | Counterparts are not the original thing, but resemble it more than other things do [Lewis] |
11975 | If the closest resembler to you is in fact quite unlike you, then you have no counterpart [Lewis] |
11977 | Essential attributes are those shared with all the counterparts [Lewis] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |