11 ideas
18351 | Propositions are made true, in virtue of something which explains its truth [Lowe] |
8859 | The main modal logics disagree over three key formulae [Yablo] |
8865 | If 'the number of Democrats is on the rise', does that mean that 50 million is on the rise? [Yablo] |
8863 | We must treat numbers as existing in order to express ourselves about the arrangement of planets [Yablo] |
8862 | Platonic objects are really created as existential metaphors [Yablo] |
8864 | We quantify over events, worlds, etc. in order to make logical possibilities clearer [Yablo] |
18353 | Modes are beings that are related both to substances and to universals [Lowe] |
18352 | Tropes have existence independently of any entities [Lowe] |
8858 | Philosophers keep finding unexpected objects, like models, worlds, functions, numbers, events, sets, properties [Yablo] |
8861 | Hardly a word in the language is devoid of metaphorical potential [Yablo] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |