8 ideas
13099 | Analysing right down to primitive concepts seems beyond our powers [Leibniz] |
6782 | Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam] |
5022 | We hold a proposition true if we are ready to follow it, and can't see any objections [Leibniz] |
11989 | For Russell, expressions dependent on contingent circumstances must be eliminated [Kaplan] |
22181 | Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha] |
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] |