14 ideas
| 19426 | 'Nominal' definitions just list distinguishing characteristics [Leibniz] |
| 17311 | Real definitions don't just single out a thing; they must also explain its essence [Koslicki] |
| 17312 | It is more explanatory if you show how a number is constructed from basic entities and relations [Koslicki] |
| 17314 | The relata of grounding are propositions or facts, but for dependence it is objects and their features [Koslicki] |
| 17313 | Modern views want essences just to individuate things across worlds and times [Koslicki] |
| 17309 | For Fine, essences are propositions true because of identity, so they are just real definitions [Koslicki] |
| 17315 | We need a less propositional view of essence, and so must distinguish it clearly from real definitions [Koslicki] |
| 19424 | Knowledge needs clarity, distinctness, and adequacy, and it should be intuitive [Leibniz] |
| 17317 | A good explanation captures the real-world dependence among the phenomena [Koslicki] |
| 19427 | True ideas represent what is possible; false ideas represent contradictions [Leibniz] |
| 17316 | We can abstract to a dependent entity by blocking out features of its bearer [Koslicki] |
| 19425 | In the schools the Four Causes are just lumped together in a very obscure way [Leibniz] |
| 20696 | We can approach knowledge of God by negative attributes [Maimonides] |
| 19085 | Thinking of God as resembling humans results from a bad translation of Genesis 1:26 [Maimonides] |