11 ideas
| 21943 | Since Kant, self-criticism has been part of philosophy [Gutting] |
| 21944 | Structuralism describes human phenomena in terms of unconscious structures [Gutting] |
| 17488 | Empiricist theories are sets of laws, which give explanations and reductions [Glennan] |
| 17493 | Modern mechanism need parts with spatial, temporal and function facts, and diagrams [Glennan] |
| 17487 | Mechanistic philosophy of science is an alternative to the empiricist law-based tradition [Glennan] |
| 17489 | Mechanisms are either systems of parts or sequences of activities [Glennan] |
| 17490 | 17th century mechanists explained everything by the kinetic physical fundamentals [Glennan] |
| 17491 | Unlike the lawlike approach, mechanistic explanation can allow for exceptions [Glennan] |
| 541 | Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias] |
| 17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |
| 542 | Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias] |