10 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
14592 | Some abstract things have a beginning and end, so may exist in time (though not space) [Swoyer] |
14594 | Ontologists seek existence and identity conditions, and modal and epistemic status for a thing [Swoyer] |
14595 | Can properties exemplify other properties? [Swoyer] |
8967 | Not all predicates can be properties - 'is non-self-exemplifying', for example [Lowe] |
14593 | Quantum field theory suggests that there are, fundamentally, no individual things [Swoyer] |
8965 | Neither mere matter nor pure form can individuate a sphere, so it must be a combination [Lowe] |
8968 | If the flagpole causally explains the shadow, the shadow cannot explain the flagpole [Lowe] |
8966 | Properties are facets of objects, only discussable separately by an act of abstraction [Lowe] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |