14 ideas
| 13795 | Properties only have identity in the context of their contraries [Elder] |
| 9103 | A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham] |
| 13798 | Maybe we should give up the statue [Elder] |
| 11976 | Aristotelian essentialism says essences are not relative to specification [Lewis] |
| 13797 | The loss of an essential property means the end of an existence [Elder] |
| 13794 | Essential properties by nature occur in clusters or packages [Elder] |
| 13796 | Essential properties are bound together, and would be lost together [Elder] |
| 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] |
| 9104 | A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham] |