10 ideas
15148 | Powers give explanations, without being necessary for some class membership [Chakravartty] |
13230 | Particular essence is often captured by generality [Steiner,M] |
15145 | A kind essence is the necessary and sufficient properties for membership of a class [Chakravartty] |
15147 | Cluster kinds are explained simply by sharing some properties, not by an 'essence' [Chakravartty] |
13229 | Maybe an instance of a generalisation is more explanatory than the particular case [Steiner,M] |
15144 | Explanation of causal phenomena concerns essential kinds - but also lack of them [Chakravartty] |
20653 | Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson] |
13231 | Explanatory proofs rest on 'characterizing properties' of entities or structure [Steiner,M] |
15146 | Some kinds, such as electrons, have essences, but 'cluster kinds' do not [Chakravartty] |
15151 | Many causal laws do not refer to kinds, but only to properties [Chakravartty] |