9 ideas
13750 | Analysis aims at the structure of facts, which are needed to give a rationale to analysis [Urmson, by Schaffer,J] |
23651 | Universals are not objects of sense and cannot be imagined - but can be conceived [Reid] |
23650 | Only individuals exist [Reid] |
23649 | No one thinks two sheets possess a single whiteness, but all agree they are both white [Reid] |
14082 | No sortal could ever exactly pin down which set of particles count as this 'cup' [Schaffer,J] |
11874 | Real identity admits of no degrees [Reid] |
14081 | Identities can be true despite indeterminate reference, if true under all interpretations [Schaffer,J] |
23652 | We must first conceive things before we can consider them [Reid] |
23648 | First we notice and name attributes ('abstracting'); then we notice that subjects share them ('generalising') [Reid] |