29 ideas
17311 | Real definitions don't just single out a thing; they must also explain its essence [Koslicki] |
15105 | F(x) walked into a bar. The barman said.. [Sommers,W] |
17312 | It is more explanatory if you show how a number is constructed from basic entities and relations [Koslicki] |
12408 | Sartre to Waitress: Coffee with no cream, please... [Sommers,W] |
17314 | The relata of grounding are propositions or facts, but for dependence it is objects and their features [Koslicki] |
12397 | Said Plato: 'The things that we feel... [Sommers,W] |
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] |
12407 | Barman to Descartes: Would you like another drink?... [Sommers,W] |
12399 | There was a young student called Fred... [Sommers,W] |
20963 | A philosopher and his wife are out for a drive... [Sommers,W] |
12404 | Dear Sir, Your astonishment's odd.... [Sommers,W] |
12403 | There once was a man who said: 'God... [Sommers,W] |
12402 | ..But if he's a student of Berkeley... [Sommers,W] |
12409 | The philosopher Berkeley once said.. [Sommers,W] |
14694 | "My dog's got synaesthesia." How does he smell? ..... [Sommers,W] |
18278 | Kant showed that our perceptions are partly constructed from our concepts [Reichenbach] |
12401 | A toper who spies in the distance... [Sommers,W] |
17317 | A good explanation captures the real-world dependence among the phenomena [Koslicki] |
12410 | There once was a man who said 'Damn!... [Sommers,W] |
9392 | How do behaviourists greet each other? [Sommers,W] |
17316 | We can abstract to a dependent entity by blocking out features of its bearer [Koslicki] |
12405 | 'If you're aristocratic,' said Nietzsche... [Sommers,W] |
9391 | Why do anarchists drink herbal tea? [Sommers,W] |
12400 | Cries the maid: 'You must marry me Hume!'... [Sommers,W] |
16527 | Causation - we all thought we knew it/ Till Hume came along and saw through it/…. [Sommers,W] |
17592 | The barman called 'Time!', and Augustine said..... [Sommers,W] |
15208 | The past, present and future walked into a bar.... [Sommers,W] |