8 ideas
11989 | For Russell, expressions dependent on contingent circumstances must be eliminated [Kaplan] |
9103 | A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham] |
11990 | 'Haecceitism' says that sameness or difference of individuals is independent of appearances [Kaplan] |
9668 | 'Haecceitism' is common thisness under dissimilarity, or distinct thisnesses under resemblance [Kaplan] |
11991 | If quantification into modal contexts is legitimate, that seems to imply some form of haecceitism [Kaplan] |
9104 | A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |