15 ideas
8915 | How we refer to abstractions is much less clear than how we refer to other things [Rosen] |
8851 | Coherentists say that regress problems are assuming 'linear' justification [Williams,M] |
8849 | Traditional foundationalism is radically internalist [Williams,M] |
8853 | Basic judgements are immune from error because they have no content [Williams,M] |
8855 | Sensory experience may be fixed, but it can still be misdescribed [Williams,M] |
8852 | In the context of scepticism, externalism does not seem to be an option [Williams,M] |
8917 | The Way of Abstraction used to say an abstraction is an idea that was formed by abstracting [Rosen] |
8912 | Nowadays abstractions are defined as non-spatial, causally inert things [Rosen] |
8913 | Chess may be abstract, but it has existed in specific space and time [Rosen] |
8914 | Sets are said to be abstract and non-spatial, but a set of books can be on a shelf [Rosen] |
8916 | Conflating abstractions with either sets or universals is a big claim, needing a big defence [Rosen] |
8918 | Functional terms can pick out abstractions by asserting an equivalence relation [Rosen] |
8919 | Abstraction by equivalence relationships might prove that a train is an abstract entity [Rosen] |
22817 | Citizenship involves a group of mutually supporting rights, which create community and equality [Miller,D] |
22816 | Socialists reject nationality as a false source of identity [Miller,D] |