13 ideas
14600 | Analysis aims at secure necessary and sufficient conditions [Schaffer,J] |
8207 | The quest for simplicity drove scientists to posit new entities, such as molecules in gases [Quine] |
8208 | In arithmetic, ratios, negatives, irrationals and imaginaries were created in order to generalise [Quine] |
14603 | 'Reification' occurs if we mistake a concept for a thing [Schaffer,J] |
14607 | T adds □p→p for reflexivity, and is ideal for modeling lawhood [Schaffer,J] |
14604 | If a notion is ontologically basic, it should be needed in our best attempt at science [Schaffer,J] |
8205 | Explaining events just by bodies can't explain two events identical in space-time [Quine] |
14599 | Three types of reduction: Theoretical (of terms), Definitional (of concepts), Ontological (of reality) [Schaffer,J] |
14605 | Tropes are the same as events [Schaffer,J] |
14601 | Individuation aims to count entities, by saying when there is one [Schaffer,J] |
8206 | Necessity could be just generalisation over classes, or (maybe) quantifying over possibilia [Quine] |
14606 | Only ideal conceivability could indicate what is possible [Schaffer,J] |
16764 | The soul conserves the body, as we see by its dissolution when the soul leaves [Toletus] |