7 ideas
13099 | Analysing right down to primitive concepts seems beyond our powers [Leibniz] |
8964 | Entities can be multiplied either by excessive categories, or excessive entities within a category [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz] |
5022 | We hold a proposition true if we are ready to follow it, and can't see any objections [Leibniz] |
10245 | One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré] |
8962 | 'There are shapes which are never exemplified' is the toughest example for nominalists [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz] |
8961 | Nominalists are motivated by Ockham's Razor and a distrust of unobservables [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz] |
8963 | Four theories of possible worlds: conceptualist, combinatorial, abstract, or concrete [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz] |