9 ideas
13157 | Choose the true hypothesis, which is the most intelligible one [Leibniz] |
4742 | Correspondence may be one-many or many one, as when either p or q make 'p or q' true [Armstrong] |
9497 | Without modality, Armstrong falls back on fictionalism to support counterfactual laws [Bird on Armstrong] |
15550 | Properties are contingently existing beings with multiple locations in space and time [Armstrong, by Lewis] |
10990 | Conditionals are truth-functional, but unassertable in tricky cases? [Grice, by Read] |
4743 | The truth-maker for a truth must necessitate that truth [Armstrong] |
13158 | The Copernican theory is right because it is the only one offering a good explanation [Leibniz] |
10991 | Key conversational maxims are 'quality' (assert truth) and 'quantity' (leave nothing out) [Grice, by Read] |
4798 | In recent writings, Armstrong makes a direct identification of necessitation with causation [Armstrong, by Psillos] |