7 ideas
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
22333 | Only language is understandable Being [Gadamer] |
4027 | Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver] |
4029 | Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver] |
13128 | 'Ultimate sortals' cannot explain ontological categories [Westerhoff on Wiggins] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |
20928 | Facts don't oppose values; they are integrated into each person's aspirations [Gadamer, by Zimmermann,J] |