3 ideas
10190 | From the axiomatic point of view, mathematics is a storehouse of abstract structures [Bourbaki] |
4038 | Properties are sets of their possible instances (which separates 'renate' from 'cordate') [Lewis, by Mellor/Oliver] |
17897 | Analytic explanation is wholes in terms of parts; synthetic is parts in terms of wholes or contexts [Belnap] |