15 ideas
15544 | If what is actual might have been impossible, we need S4 modal logic [Armstrong, by Lewis] |
17644 | Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam] |
17648 | It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam] |
7024 | Properties are universals, which are always instantiated [Armstrong, by Heil] |
9478 | Even if all properties are categorical, they may be denoted by dispositional predicates [Armstrong, by Bird] |
10729 | Universals explain resemblance and causal power [Armstrong, by Oliver] |
4031 | It doesn't follow that because there is a predicate there must therefore exist a property [Armstrong] |
17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
10024 | The type-token distinction is the universal-particular distinction [Armstrong, by Hodes] |
10728 | A thing's self-identity can't be a universal, since we can know it a priori [Armstrong, by Oliver] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
7506 | God made man in his own image [Anon (Tor)] |
16782 | The names of all the types of creature were given forever by Adam [Anon (Tor)] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |
4013 | And God saw the light, that it was good [Anon (Tor)] |