22 ideas
14600 | Analysis aims at secure necessary and sufficient conditions [Schaffer,J] |
17651 | Without words or other symbols, we have no world [Goodman] |
14603 | 'Reification' occurs if we mistake a concept for a thing [Schaffer,J] |
17652 | Truth is irrelevant if no statements are involved [Goodman] |
14607 | T adds □p→p for reflexivity, and is ideal for modeling lawhood [Schaffer,J] |
14604 | If a notion is ontologically basic, it should be needed in our best attempt at science [Schaffer,J] |
14599 | Three types of reduction: Theoretical (of terms), Definitional (of concepts), Ontological (of reality) [Schaffer,J] |
17656 | Being primitive or prior always depends on a constructional system [Goodman] |
17661 | We don't recognise patterns - we invent them [Goodman] |
17659 | Reality is largely a matter of habit [Goodman] |
17657 | We build our world, and ignore anything that won't fit [Goodman] |
17654 | A world can be full of variety or not, depending on how we sort it [Goodman] |
14605 | Tropes are the same as events [Schaffer,J] |
14601 | Individuation aims to count entities, by saying when there is one [Schaffer,J] |
17653 | Things can only be judged the 'same' by citing some respect of sameness [Goodman] |
14606 | Only ideal conceivability could indicate what is possible [Schaffer,J] |
17660 | Discovery is often just finding a fit, like a jigsaw puzzle [Goodman] |
17658 | Users of digital thermometers recognise no temperatures in the gaps [Goodman] |
17650 | We lack frames of reference to transform physics, biology and psychology into one another [Goodman] |
17655 | Grue and green won't be in the same world, as that would block induction entirely [Goodman] |
17897 | Analytic explanation is wholes in terms of parts; synthetic is parts in terms of wholes or contexts [Belnap] |
17649 | If the world is one it has many aspects, and if there are many worlds they will collect into one [Goodman] |