11 ideas
20183 | So-called 'though experiments' are just philosophers observing features of the world [Cappelen] |
14025 | The weaker version of Truthmaker: 'truth supervenes on being' [Crisp,TM] |
14023 | The Truthmaker thesis spells trouble for presentists [Crisp,TM] |
14024 | Truthmaker has problems with generalisation, non-existence claims, and property instantiations [Crisp,TM] |
9182 | Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett] |
14021 | Worm Perdurantism has a fusion of all the parts; Stage Perdurantism has one part at a time [Crisp,TM] |
20182 | The word 'intuitive' often plays not role at all in arguments, and can be removed [Cappelen] |
9181 | The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett] |
14020 | 'Eternalism' is the thesis that reality includes past, present and future entities [Crisp,TM] |
14026 | Presentists can talk of 'times', with no more commitment than modalists have to possible worlds [Crisp,TM] |
14022 | The only three theories are Presentism, Dynamic (A-series) Eternalism and Static (B-series) Eternalism [Crisp,TM] |