10 ideas
10190 | From the axiomatic point of view, mathematics is a storehouse of abstract structures [Bourbaki] |
14082 | No sortal could ever exactly pin down which set of particles count as this 'cup' [Schaffer,J] |
11976 | Aristotelian essentialism says essences are not relative to specification [Lewis] |
14081 | Identities can be true despite indeterminate reference, if true under all interpretations [Schaffer,J] |
11978 | Causal necessities hold in all worlds compatible with the laws of nature [Lewis] |
11979 | It doesn't take the whole of a possible Humphrey to win the election [Lewis] |
16994 | Counterpart theory is bizarre, as no one cares what happens to a mere counterpart [Kripke on Lewis] |
11974 | Counterparts are not the original thing, but resemble it more than other things do [Lewis] |
11975 | If the closest resembler to you is in fact quite unlike you, then you have no counterpart [Lewis] |
11977 | Essential attributes are those shared with all the counterparts [Lewis] |