Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Leibniz: Guide for the Perplexed', 'Response to David Armstrong' and 'Anthropological Studies of Classification'

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6 ideas

7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories
10496 Monothetic categories have fixed defining features, and polythetic categories do not [Ellen]
10497 In symbolic classification, the categories are linked to rules [Ellen]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
10495 Continuous experience sometimes needs imposition of boundaries to create categories [Ellen]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
18398 Space, time, and some other basics, are not causal powers [Ellis]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
19347 Substance needs independence, unity, and stability (for individuation); also it is a subject, for predicates [Perkins]
13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism
10498 Classification is no longer held to be rooted in social institutions [Ellen]