9 ideas
15545 | Armstrong's analysis seeks truthmakers rather than definitions [Lewis] |
15546 | Predications aren't true because of what exists, but of how it exists [Lewis] |
15548 | Say 'truth is supervenient on being', but construe 'being' broadly [Lewis] |
14399 | Presentism says only the present exists, so there is nothing for tensed truths to supervene on [Lewis] |
15102 | S4 says there must be some necessary truths (the actual ones, of which there is at least one) [Cameron] |
15543 | How do things combine to make states of affairs? Constituents can repeat, and fail to combine [Lewis] |
15103 | Blackburn fails to show that the necessary cannot be grounded in the contingent [Cameron] |
15877 | The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré] |
15104 | The 'moving spotlight' theory makes one time privileged, while all times are on a par ontologically [Cameron] |