18 ideas
18859 | Metaphysics is a quest for truthmakers [Tallant] |
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
18861 | Maybe number statements can be paraphrased into quantifications plus identities [Tallant] |
18866 | Maybe only 'positive' truths need truth-makers [Tallant] |
18860 | A truthmaker is the minimal portion of reality that will do the job [Tallant] |
18863 | What is the truthmaker for a possible new power? [Tallant] |
8250 | So-called 'free logic' operates without existence assumptions [Meinong, by George/Van Evra] |
5829 | We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP] |
5830 | The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP] |
18864 | The wisdom of Plato and of Socrates are not the same property [Tallant] |
8719 | There can be impossible and contradictory objects, if they can have properties [Meinong, by Friend] |
8971 | There are objects of which it is true that there are no such objects [Meinong] |
8718 | Meinong says an object need not exist, but must only have properties [Meinong, by Friend] |
7756 | Meinong said all objects of thought (even self-contradictions) have some sort of being [Meinong, by Lycan] |
15781 | The objects of knowledge are far more numerous than objects which exist [Meinong] |
18865 | Substance must have two properties: individuation, and property-bearing [Tallant] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
18862 | Are propositions all the thoughts and sentences that are possible? [Tallant] |