7 ideas
11989 | For Russell, expressions dependent on contingent circumstances must be eliminated [Kaplan] |
5451 | Popper felt that ancient essentialism was a bar to progress [Popper, by Mautner] |
579 | Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
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] |
578 | Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |