21 ideas
19695 | The devil was wise as an angel, and lost no knowledge when he rebelled [Whitcomb] |
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] |
17083 | The covering-law model is for scientific explanation; historical explanation is quite different [Hempel] |
6755 | For Hempel, explanations are deductive-nomological or probabilistic-statistical [Hempel, by Bird] |
13052 | Hempel rejects causation as part of explanation [Hempel, by Salmon] |
22858 | There is collective action, where a trend is manifest, but is not attributable to individuals [Lukes] |
22850 | Hidden powers are the most effective [Lukes] |
22854 | Power is a capacity, which may never need to be exercised [Lukes] |
22852 | The pluralist view says that power is restrained by group rivalry [Lukes] |
22855 | One-dimensionsal power is behaviour in observable conflicts of interests [Lukes] |
22856 | Political organisation brings some conflicts to the fore, and suppresses others [Lukes] |
22857 | The two-dimensional view of power recognises the importance of controlling the agenda [Lukes] |
22859 | Power can be exercised to determine a person's desires [Lukes] |
22863 | Power is the capacity of a social class to realise its interests [Lukes] |
22860 | The evidence for the exertion of power need not involve a grievance of the powerless [Lukes] |
22861 | Power is affecting a person in a way contrary to their interests [Lukes] |
21133 | Supreme power is getting people to have thoughts and desires chosen by you [Lukes] |
22851 | In the 1950s they said ideology is finished, and expertise takes over [Lukes] |
22862 | Liberals take people as they are, and take their preferences to be their interests [Lukes] |
22853 | Anyone who thinks capitalism can improve their lives is endorsing capitalism [Lukes] |