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Quote: the principles of eternal things are necessarily true; they explain the being of other things; e.g., fire is why things are hot
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necessary truth
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abstraction by common attributes
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objects as a set of attributes
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semantic truth; s iff p
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object-oriented prototypes
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abstraction by resemblance
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To explain a thing it is necessary to … to the others. So fire, being hottest, is … why other things are derivately true. Hence, the … sometimes; and there is nothing which explains their … Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: to explain something, find what provides that trait; e.g., fire, being the hottest, is the reason why other things are hot; a prototype
Topic: necessary truth (24 items)
Topic: abstraction by common attributes (19 items)
Topic: objects as a set of attributes (39 items)
Topic: semantic truth; s iff p (34 items)
Topic: object-oriented prototypes (39 items)
Topic: abstraction by resemblance (13 items)