Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, John Wycliff and Donald C. Williams

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6 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes

8510	'Socrates is wise' means a concurrence sum contains a member of a similarity set [Williams,DC]

8508	A 'trope' is an abstract particular, the occurrence of an essence [Williams,DC]

8509	A world is completely constituted by its tropes and their connections [Williams,DC]

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]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 6. Successive Things

16700

In order to speak about time and successive entities, the 'present' must be enlarged [Wycliff]

16701

To be successive a thing needs parts, which must therefore be lodged outside that instant [Wycliff]