17 ideas
9208 | Philosophers with a new concept are like children with a new toy [Fine,K] |
22333 | Only language is understandable Being [Gadamer] |
9210 | Possible objects are abstract; actual concrete objects are possible; so abstract/concrete are compatible [Fine,K] |
9211 | A non-standard realism, with no privileged standpoint, might challenge its absoluteness or coherence [Fine,K] |
9202 | Objects, as well as sentences, can have logical form [Fine,K] |
14221 | Serious essentialism says everything has essences, they're not things, and they ground necessities [Shalkowski] |
14222 | Essences are what it is to be that (kind of) thing - in fact, they are the thing's identity [Shalkowski] |
9206 | We must distinguish between the identity or essence of an object, and its necessary features [Fine,K] |
14226 | We distinguish objects by their attributes, not by their essences [Shalkowski] |
14225 | Critics say that essences are too mysterious to be known [Shalkowski] |
9205 | The three basic types of necessity are metaphysical, natural and normative [Fine,K] |
14223 | De dicto necessity has linguistic entities as their source, so it is a type of de re necessity [Shalkowski] |
9209 | Metaphysical necessity may be 'whatever the circumstance', or 'regardless of circumstances' [Fine,K] |
9200 | Empiricists suspect modal notions: either it happens or it doesn't; it is just regularities. [Fine,K] |
14224 | Equilateral and equiangular aren't the same, as we have to prove their connection [Shalkowski] |
9207 | If sentence content is all worlds where it is true, all necessary truths have the same content! [Fine,K] |
20928 | Facts don't oppose values; they are integrated into each person's aspirations [Gadamer, by Zimmermann,J] |