8 ideas
14979 | Being alone doesn't guarantee intrinsic properties; 'being alone' is itself extrinsic [Lewis, by Sider] |
15454 | Extrinsic properties come in degrees, with 'brother' less extrinsic than 'sibling' [Lewis] |
14617 | Predicates can't apply to what doesn't exist [Stalnaker] |
15455 | Total intrinsic properties give us what a thing is [Lewis] |
14616 | A 'Russellian proposition' is an ordered sequence of individual, properties and relations [Stalnaker] |
23829 | National leaders want to preserve necessary order - but always the existing order [Weil] |
23828 | National prestige consists of behaving as if you could beat the others in a war [Weil] |
23827 | Modern wars are fought in the name of empty words which are given capital letters [Weil] |