16 ideas
9254 | In philosophy the truth can only be reached via the ruins of the false [Prichard] |
18859 | Metaphysics is a quest for truthmakers [Tallant] |
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] |
18439 | Because things can share attributes, we cannot individuate attributes clearly [Quine] |
18864 | The wisdom of Plato and of Socrates are not the same property [Tallant] |
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] |
18865 | Substance must have two properties: individuation, and property-bearing [Tallant] |
18440 | Identity of physical objects is just being coextensive [Quine] |
18862 | Are propositions all the thoughts and sentences that are possible? [Tallant] |
9256 | I see the need to pay a debt in a particular instance, and any instance will do [Prichard] |
9257 | The complexities of life make it almost impossible to assess morality from a universal viewpoint [Prichard] |
9255 | Seeing the goodness of an effect creates the duty to produce it, not the desire [Prichard] |