Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Edward N. Zalta and William K. Clifford

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6 ideas

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta

10414

Abstract objects are constituted by encoded collections of properties [Zalta, by Swoyer]

10558

Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta

10415

Properties make round squares and round triangles distinct, unlike exemplification [Zalta, by Swoyer]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

12887

A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 3. Evidentialism / b. Evidentialism

6587	It is always wrong to believe things on insufficient evidence [Clifford]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

10557

Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta]