6 ideas
8698 | Modal structuralism says mathematics studies possible structures, which may or may not be actualised [Hellman, by Friend] |
9557 | Statements of pure mathematics are elliptical for a sort of modal conditional [Hellman, by Chihara] |
10263 | Modal structuralism can only judge possibility by 'possible' models [Shapiro on Hellman] |
15312 | We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley] |
6552 | You can only explain the qualities of large objects using entities which lack those qualities [Heisenberg] |
15311 | Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley] |