9 ideas
15873 | Laws of nature are just records of regularities and correlations, with concepts to make recording them easier [Mach, by Harré] |
18889 | Ostensive definitions needn't involve pointing, but must refer to something specific [Salmon,N] |
14627 | S4, and therefore S5, are invalid for metaphysical modality [Salmon,N, by Williamson] |
10558 | Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta] |
18888 | Essentialism says some properties must be possessed, if a thing is to exist [Salmon,N] |
10557 | Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta] |
18886 | Frege's 'sense' solves four tricky puzzles [Salmon,N] |
18887 | The perfect case of direct reference is a variable which has been assigned a value [Salmon,N] |
18891 | Nothing in the direct theory of reference blocks anti-essentialism; water structure might have been different [Salmon,N] |