11 ideas
22708 | Good reasons must give way to better [Shakespeare] |
21559 | We need rules for deciding which norms are predicative (unless none of them are) [Russell] |
21558 | 'Predicative' norms are those which define a class [Russell] |
11976 | Aristotelian essentialism says essences are not relative to specification [Lewis] |
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] |
20304 | The cause of my action is in my will [Shakespeare] |