8 ideas
| 11989 | For Russell, expressions dependent on contingent circumstances must be eliminated [Kaplan] |
| 16285 | A possible world can be seen as a complete and consistent novel [Jeffrey] |
| 11990 | 'Haecceitism' says that sameness or difference of individuals is independent of appearances [Kaplan] |
| 9668 | 'Haecceitism' is common thisness under dissimilarity, or distinct thisnesses under resemblance [Kaplan] |
| 11991 | If quantification into modal contexts is legitimate, that seems to imply some form of haecceitism [Kaplan] |
| 7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
| 19155 | Instead of gambling, Jeffrey made the objects of Bayesian preference to be propositions [Jeffrey, by Davidson] |
| 3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |