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Ideas of DH Mellor / A Oliver, by Text
[British, fl. 1997, Mellor is at Cambridge University.]
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1997
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Introduction to 'Properties'
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§1
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p.1
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4027
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Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ
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§10
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p.23
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4039
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Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations
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§3
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p.4
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4029
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Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all
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§9
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p.22
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4037
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Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities
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