8 ideas
11989 | For Russell, expressions dependent on contingent circumstances must be eliminated [Kaplan] |
10245 | One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré] |
8203 | All the arithmetical entities can be reduced to classes of integers, and hence to sets [Quine] |
11990 | 'Haecceitism' says that sameness or difference of individuals is independent of appearances [Kaplan] |
9668 | 'Haecceitism' is common thisness under dissimilarity, or distinct thisnesses under resemblance [Kaplan] |
11991 | If quantification into modal contexts is legitimate, that seems to imply some form of haecceitism [Kaplan] |
8202 | Meaning is essence divorced from things and wedded to words [Quine] |
8201 | The distinction between meaning and further information is as vague as the essence/accident distinction [Quine] |