10 ideas
16541 | All the intrinsic properties of a thing should be deducible from its definition [Spinoza] |
18439 | Because things can share attributes, we cannot individuate attributes clearly [Quine] |
18442 | You only know an attribute if you know what things have it [Quine] |
18441 | No entity without identity (which requires a principle of individuation) [Quine] |
23647 | Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid] |
18440 | Identity of physical objects is just being coextensive [Quine] |
11958 | Impossibilites are easily conceived in mathematics and geometry [Reid, by Molnar] |
13073 | To understand the properties we must know the essence, as with a circle [Spinoza] |
23646 | Reference is by name, or a term-plus-circumstance, or ostensively, or by description [Reid] |
23645 | A word's meaning is the thing conceived, as fixed by linguistic experts [Reid] |