11 ideas
13591 | Quantified modal logic collapses if essence is withdrawn [Quine] |
14296 | Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine] |
23647 | Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid] |
13590 | Essences can make sense in a particular context or enquiry, as the most basic predicates [Quine] |
8483 | Necessity is relative to context; it is what is assumed in an inquiry [Quine] |
11958 | Impossibilites are easily conceived in mathematics and geometry [Reid, by Molnar] |
13589 | Possible worlds are a way to dramatise essentialism, and yet they presuppose essentialism [Quine] |
13588 | A rigid designator (for all possible worlds) picks out an object by its essential traits [Quine] |
13592 | Beliefs can be ascribed to machines [Quine] |
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] |