9 ideas
20435 | If philosophy could be summarised it would be pointless [Adorno] |
11970 | Logicians like their entities to exhibit a maximum degree of purity [Kaplan] |
3291 | Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel] |
11969 | Models nicely separate particulars from their clothing, and logicians often accept that metaphysically [Kaplan] |
11971 | The simplest solution to transworld identification is to adopt bare particulars [Kaplan] |
11973 | Unusual people may have no counterparts, or several [Kaplan] |
11972 | Essence is a transworld heir line, rather than a collection of properties [Kaplan] |
11967 | Sentences might have the same sense when logically equivalent - or never have the same sense [Kaplan] |
3290 | Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel] |