11 ideas
11257 | The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis] |
11235 | 'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis] |
11970 | Logicians like their entities to exhibit a maximum degree of purity [Kaplan] |
11277 | Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis] |
6019 | If someone squashed a horse to make a dog, something new would now exist [Mnesarchus] |
11969 | Models nicely separate particulars from their clothing, and logicians often accept that metaphysically [Kaplan] |
11248 | Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis] |
11971 | The simplest solution to transworld identification is to adopt bare particulars [Kaplan] |
11972 | Essence is a transworld heir line, rather than a collection of properties [Kaplan] |
11973 | Unusual people may have no counterparts, or several [Kaplan] |
11967 | Sentences might have the same sense when logically equivalent - or never have the same sense [Kaplan] |