6 ideas
17831 | Cantor gives informal versions of ZF axioms as ways of getting from one set to another [Cantor, by Lake] |
16978 | If conceivability is a priori coherence, that implies possibility [Tahko] |
16975 | Essences are used to explain natural kinds, modality, and causal powers [Tahko] |
7270 | Historical interpretation aims to recapture the author's view of the work [Croce] |
16976 | Scientific essentialists tend to characterise essence in terms of modality (not vice versa) [Tahko] |
16977 | If essence is modal and laws are necessary, essentialist knowledge is found by scientists [Tahko] |