11 ideas
22234 | Post-structuralism focused on exterior determinants of thought, rather than the thinker [Oksala] |
3061 | Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius] |
22179 | Explanatory facts also predict, and predictive facts also explain [Hempel, by Okasha] |
21507 | Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel] |
6755 | For Hempel, explanations are deductive-nomological or probabilistic-statistical [Hempel, by Bird] |
17083 | The covering-law model is for scientific explanation; historical explanation is quite different [Hempel] |
13052 | Hempel rejects causation as part of explanation [Hempel, by Salmon] |
20582 | World government needs a shared global identity [Oksala] |
20568 | The principles Rawls arrives at do not just conform to benevolence, but also result from choices [Oksala] |
20578 | Anarchists prefer local and communal government [Oksala] |
20574 | Utilitarianism neglects responsibility, duties and rights [Oksala] |