10 ideas
| 8568 | A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor] |
| 18430 | We accept properties because of type/tokens, reference, and quantification [Edwards] |
| 8564 | There is obviously a possible predicate for every property [Mellor] |
| 18432 | Quineans say that predication is primitive and inexplicable [Edwards] |
| 8566 | We need universals for causation and laws of nature; the latter give them their identity [Mellor] |
| 18437 | Resemblance nominalism requires a second entity to explain 'the rose is crimson' [Edwards] |
| 8565 | If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning [Mellor] |
| 18434 | That a whole is prior to its parts ('priority monism') is a view gaining in support [Edwards] |
| 3016 | Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |