14 ideas
19086 | Does the pragmatic theory of meaning support objective truth, or make it impossible? [Macbeth] |
19093 | Greek mathematics is wholly sensory, where ours is wholly inferential [Macbeth] |
22179 | Explanatory facts also predict, and predictive facts also explain [Hempel, by Okasha] |
19091 | Seeing reality mathematically makes it an object of thought, not of experience [Macbeth] |
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] |
19088 | For pragmatists a concept means its consequences [Macbeth] |
22252 | Capitalism may actually be the best way to foster community [Conway,D] |
22253 | Capitalism is just the market, with optional limited government, and perhaps democracy [Conway,D] |
22256 | Capitalism prefers representative democracy, which avoids community decision-making [Conway,D] |
22255 | Capitalism breaks up extended families, and must then provide welfare for the lonely people [Conway,D] |
22257 | Capitalism is anti-community, by only valuing individuals, and breaking up families [Conway,D] |