9 ideas
13591 | Quantified modal logic collapses if essence is withdrawn [Quine] |
11966 | If there are essential properties, how do you find out what they are? [Chisholm] |
13590 | Essences can make sense in a particular context or enquiry, as the most basic predicates [Quine] |
7566 | The Identity of Indiscernibles is really the same as the verification principle [Jolley] |
8483 | Necessity is relative to context; it is what is assumed in an inquiry [Quine] |
13589 | Possible worlds are a way to dramatise essentialism, and yet they presuppose essentialism [Quine] |
11965 | Could possible Adam gradually transform into Noah, and vice versa? [Chisholm] |
13588 | A rigid designator (for all possible worlds) picks out an object by its essential traits [Quine] |
13592 | Beliefs can be ascribed to machines [Quine] |