Modal realism posits that all possible worlds are as real as our own. This philosophical stance suggests that individuals and…
Modal possibilism posits that entities that are possible but not actual exist, often conceptualized within possible worlds. This contrasts with…
Modal actualism asserts that only actual, existing entities are possible. This philosophical stance challenges the notion of merely possible objects,…
Meinongianism, by Alexius Meinong, explores the existence of non-existent objects. It challenges traditional ontology by proposing that objects can have…
The logic of attributes extends first-order logic by incorporating attribute-value pairs. It's crucial for representing and reasoning about objects with…
Leibniz's Law, also known as the principle of the identity of indiscernibles, posits that if two entities share precisely the…
This argument posits that if mathematical entities are essential for our most successful scientific theories, we should accept their existence.…
The principle of indiscernibility of identicals asserts that if two things are truly the same, they must possess all the…
An implicit definition defines an entity by its relationships to other concepts rather than by direct enumeration of its properties.…
The identity of indiscernibles posits that if two things have precisely the same properties, they are, in fact, the same…