10 ideas
| 17505 | Using proper names properly doesn't involve necessary and sufficient conditions [Putnam] |
| 8203 | All the arithmetical entities can be reduced to classes of integers, and hence to sets [Quine] |
| 11908 | Putnam bases essences on 'same kind', but same kinds may not share properties [Mackie,P on Putnam] |
| 17508 | Science aims at truth, not at 'simplicity' [Putnam] |
| 8202 | Meaning is essence divorced from things and wedded to words [Quine] |
| 17506 | I now think reference by the tests of experts is a special case of being causally connected [Putnam] |
| 8201 | The distinction between meaning and further information is as vague as the essence/accident distinction [Quine] |
| 17507 | Natural kind stereotypes are 'strong' (obvious, like tiger) or 'weak' (obscure, like molybdenum) [Putnam] |
| 11904 | Express natural kinds as a posteriori predicate connections, not as singular terms [Putnam, by Mackie,P] |
| 2594 | A true cause must involve a necessary connection between cause and effect [Malebranche] |