10 ideas
18521 | The criterion of existence is the possibility of action [Santayana] |
16751 | Unity by aggregation, order, inherence, composition, and simplicity [Conimbricense, by Pasnau] |
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] |
11979 | It doesn't take the whole of a possible Humphrey to win the election [Lewis] |
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] |
16720 | Secondary qualities come from temperaments and proportions of primary qualities [Conimbricense] |