10 ideas
11976 | Aristotelian essentialism says essences are not relative to specification [Lewis] |
11966 | If there are essential properties, how do you find out what they are? [Chisholm] |
11978 | Causal necessities hold in all worlds compatible with the laws of nature [Lewis] |
11965 | Could possible Adam gradually transform into Noah, and vice versa? [Chisholm] |
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] |
19673 | Galileo mathematised movement, and revealed its invariable component - acceleration [Galileo, by Meillassoux] |