6 ideas
18946 | Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer] |
12205 | There are two families of modal notions, metaphysical and epistemic, of equal strength [Edgington] |
12207 | Metaphysical possibility is discovered empirically, and is contrained by nature [Edgington] |
12206 | Broadly logical necessity (i.e. not necessarily formal logical necessity) is an epistemic notion [Edgington] |
12208 | An argument is only valid if it is epistemically (a priori) necessary [Edgington] |
3648 | Empiricists are collecting ants; rationalists are spinning spiders; and bees do both [Bacon] |