20 ideas
17311 | Real definitions don't just single out a thing; they must also explain its essence [Koslicki] |
10807 | Mathematics reduces to set theory, which reduces, with some mereology, to the singleton function [Lewis] |
10809 | We can accept the null set, but not a null class, a class lacking members [Lewis] |
10811 | The null set plays the role of last resort, for class abstracts and for existence [Lewis] |
10812 | The null set is not a little speck of sheer nothingness, a black hole in Reality [Lewis] |
10813 | What on earth is the relationship between a singleton and an element? [Lewis] |
10814 | Are all singletons exact intrinsic duplicates? [Lewis] |
10806 | Megethology is the result of adding plural quantification to mereology [Lewis] |
10816 | We can use mereology to simulate quantification over relations [Lewis] |
10808 | Mathematics is generalisations about singleton functions [Lewis] |
17312 | It is more explanatory if you show how a number is constructed from basic entities and relations [Koslicki] |
10815 | We don't need 'abstract structures' to have structural truths about successor functions [Lewis] |
17314 | The relata of grounding are propositions or facts, but for dependence it is objects and their features [Koslicki] |
10810 | I say that absolutely any things can have a mereological fusion [Lewis] |
17313 | Modern views want essences just to individuate things across worlds and times [Koslicki] |
17309 | For Fine, essences are propositions true because of identity, so they are just real definitions [Koslicki] |
17315 | We need a less propositional view of essence, and so must distinguish it clearly from real definitions [Koslicki] |
17317 | A good explanation captures the real-world dependence among the phenomena [Koslicki] |
17316 | We can abstract to a dependent entity by blocking out features of its bearer [Koslicki] |
20041 | Intentional actions are those which are explained by giving the reason for so acting [Anscombe] |