12 ideas
10196 | The Axiom of Choice needs a criterion of choice [Black] |
13190 | I don't admit infinite numbers, and consider infinitesimals to be useful fictions [Leibniz] |
10194 | Two things can only be distinguished by a distinct property or a distinct relation [Black] |
11976 | Aristotelian essentialism says essences are not relative to specification [Lewis] |
10193 | The 'property' of self-identity is uselessly tautological [Black] |
10195 | If the universe just held two indiscernibles spheres, that refutes the Identity of Indiscernibles [Black] |
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] |