11 ideas
15527 | Defining terms either enables elimination, or shows that they don't require elimination [Lewis] |
12354 | A 'categorial' property is had by virtue of being or having an item from a category [Wedin] |
12358 | Substance is a principle and a kind of cause [Wedin] |
12346 | Form explains why some matter is of a certain kind, and that is explanatory bedrock [Wedin] |
15990 | Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke] |
15530 | A logically determinate name names the same thing in every possible world [Lewis] |
15994 | If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke] |
15528 | A Ramsey sentence just asserts that a theory can be realised, without saying by what [Lewis] |
15526 | There is a method for defining new scientific terms just using the terms we already understand [Lewis] |
15529 | It is better to have one realisation of a theory than many - but it may not always be possible [Lewis] |
15531 | The Ramsey sentence of a theory says that it has at least one realisation [Lewis] |