Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'Introduction to 'Properties'' and 'An Enquiry'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

4037	Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

23549

We treat testimony with a natural trade off of belief and caution [Reid, by Fricker,M]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

4039	Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

16713

Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

6610	I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]