8 ideas
3291 | Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel] |
16065 | Constitution is identity (being in the same place), or it isn't (having different possibilities) [Wasserman] |
16067 | Constitution is not identity, because it is an asymmetric dependence relation [Wasserman] |
16069 | There are three main objections to seeing constitution as different from identity [Wasserman] |
16068 | The weight of a wall is not the weight of its parts, since that would involve double-counting [Wasserman] |
16074 | Relative identity may reject transitivity, but that suggests that it isn't about 'identity' [Wasserman] |
22307 | Propositions don't name facts, because two opposed propositions can match one fact [Russell] |
3290 | Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel] |