13 ideas
14600 | Analysis aims at secure necessary and sufficient conditions [Schaffer,J] |
14603 | 'Reification' occurs if we mistake a concept for a thing [Schaffer,J] |
14607 | T adds □p→p for reflexivity, and is ideal for modeling lawhood [Schaffer,J] |
14604 | If a notion is ontologically basic, it should be needed in our best attempt at science [Schaffer,J] |
14599 | Three types of reduction: Theoretical (of terms), Definitional (of concepts), Ontological (of reality) [Schaffer,J] |
14605 | Tropes are the same as events [Schaffer,J] |
14601 | Individuation aims to count entities, by saying when there is one [Schaffer,J] |
9216 | Each area of enquiry, and its source, has its own distinctive type of necessity [Fine,K] |
14606 | Only ideal conceivability could indicate what is possible [Schaffer,J] |
9214 | Unsupported testimony may still be believable [Fine,K] |
22745 | Pherecydes said the first principle and element is earth [Pherecydes, by Sext.Empiricus] |
9215 | Causation is easier to disrupt than logic, so metaphysics is part of nature, not vice versa [Fine,K] |
5883 | Pherecydes was the first to say that the soul is eternal [Pherecydes, by Cicero] |