9 ideas
14742 | It can't be indeterminate whether x and y are identical; if x,y is indeterminate, then it isn't x,x [Salmon,N] |
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
14596 | Call 'nominalism' the denial of numbers, properties, relations and sets [Dorr] |
14597 | Natural Class Nominalism says there are primitive classes of things resembling in one respect [Dorr] |
14598 | Abstracta imply non-logical brute necessities, so only nominalists can deny such things [Dorr] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
18885 | Kripke and Putnam made false claims that direct reference implies essentialism [Salmon,N] |
16593 | Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi] |
16729 | How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi] |