6 ideas
18946 | Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer] |
15533 | We can quantify over fictions by quantifying for real over their names [Lewis] |
15534 | We could quantify over impossible objects - as bundles of properties [Lewis] |
15532 | 'Allists' embrace the existence of all controversial entities; 'noneists' reject all but the obvious ones [Lewis] |
15535 | We can't accept a use of 'existence' that says only some of the things there are actually exist [Lewis] |
21507 | Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel] |