HON 2010C Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: John Stuart Mill, Bundle Theory, John Locke
29 Sep 2018
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Okham [can be spelled in diff ways] (14th c) The simplest answer is usually the most right answer. Ultra-essentialists don"t need universals because they muddy our thought clarity. Objects and reality are made of bundles of attributes. Mill will talk about primary/secondary characteristics but it"s also ultra essential. Doesn"t tell you how the attributes are held together. T: trope or set theory (connected to bt): hume. A force that holds something together is a substance that holds no attribute. Tells you how the attributes are held together. Simple but with a lot of details it can get complicated. Universals: general principles that prompt us to see a particular reality. In plato"s world of forms, everything is perfect, unchangeable: you can only visit with your mind, soul. Aristotle: essential irreducible factor to our humanity (our souls, accidents (incidental, anti-essential: bare, primary secondary attributes.
