9 ideas
13591 | Quantified modal logic collapses if essence is withdrawn [Quine] |
16751 | Unity by aggregation, order, inherence, composition, and simplicity [Conimbricense, by Pasnau] |
13590 | Essences can make sense in a particular context or enquiry, as the most basic predicates [Quine] |
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] |
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] |
16720 | Secondary qualities come from temperaments and proportions of primary qualities [Conimbricense] |
5960 | When the soul is intelligent and harmonious, it is part of god and derives from god [Plutarch] |