10 ideas
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
17644 | Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam] |
17648 | It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam] |
4027 | Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver] |
4029 | Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver] |
17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |
21788 | The moral will is self-determining, but the ethical will is met in society [Houlgate] |
17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |