9 ideas
9148 | I think of variables as objects rather than as signs [Fine,K] |
13083 | The essence is the necessary properties, and the concept includes what is contingent [Leibniz] |
9152 | If green is abstracted from a thing, it is only seen as a type if it is common to many things [Fine,K] |
7518 | If folk psychology gives a network of causal laws, that fits neatly with functionalism [Churchland,PM] |
7519 | Many mental phenomena are totally unexplained by folk psychology [Churchland,PM] |
7520 | Folk psychology never makes any progress, and is marginalised by modern science [Churchland,PM] |
9149 | To obtain the number 2 by abstraction, we only want to abstract the distinctness of a pair of objects [Fine,K] |
9150 | We should define abstraction in general, with number abstraction taken as a special case [Fine,K] |
9146 | After abstraction all numbers seem identical, so only 0 and 1 will exist! [Fine,K] |