Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Noneism or Allism?', 'The Logic of Infinity' and 'The Analysis of Matter'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

---

10 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

15533

We can quantify over fictions by quantifying for real over their names [Lewis]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 7. Unorthodox Quantification

15534

We could quantify over impossible objects - as bundles of properties [Lewis]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / d. Predicativism

18203

Avoid non-predicative classifications and definitions [Poincaré]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence

15532

'Allists' embrace the existence of all controversial entities; 'noneists' reject all but the obvious ones [Lewis]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

15535

We can't accept a use of 'existence' that says only some of the things there are actually exist [Lewis]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / b. Events as primitive

6402	In 1927, Russell analysed force and matter in terms of events [Russell, by Grayling]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects

14732

A perceived physical object is events grouped around a centre [Russell]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / e. Substance critique

14733

An object produces the same percepts with or without a substance, so that is irrelevant to science [Russell]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

6418	Russell rejected phenomenalism because it couldn't account for causal relations [Russell, by Grayling]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter

21706

At first matter is basic and known by sense-data; later Russell says matter is constructed [Russell, by Linsky,B]