12 ideas
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 15527 | Defining terms either enables elimination, or shows that they don't require elimination [Lewis] |
| 16978 | If conceivability is a priori coherence, that implies possibility [Tahko] |
| 15530 | A logically determinate name names the same thing in every possible world [Lewis] |
| 15531 | The Ramsey sentence of a theory says that it has at least one realisation [Lewis] |
| 15528 | A Ramsey sentence just asserts that a theory can be realised, without saying by what [Lewis] |
| 15526 | There is a method for defining new scientific terms just using the terms we already understand [Lewis] |
| 15529 | It is better to have one realisation of a theory than many - but it may not always be possible [Lewis] |
| 16975 | Essences are used to explain natural kinds, modality, and causal powers [Tahko] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
| 16976 | Scientific essentialists tend to characterise essence in terms of modality (not vice versa) [Tahko] |
| 16977 | If essence is modal and laws are necessary, essentialist knowledge is found by scientists [Tahko] |