12 ideas
11976 | Aristotelian essentialism says essences are not relative to specification [Lewis] |
23647 | Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid] |
11978 | Causal necessities hold in all worlds compatible with the laws of nature [Lewis] |
11958 | Impossibilites are easily conceived in mathematics and geometry [Reid, by Molnar] |
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] |
23646 | Reference is by name, or a term-plus-circumstance, or ostensively, or by description [Reid] |
23645 | A word's meaning is the thing conceived, as fixed by linguistic experts [Reid] |
23053 | The great interest of the human race is cordial unity and unlimited mutual aid [Owen] |