15 ideas
| 8368 | A correct definition is what can be substituted without loss of meaning [Ducasse] |
| 20751 | As a young girl assumes her status as feminine, she acts in a more fragile immobile way [Young,IM] |
| 8367 | Causation is defined in terms of a single sequence, and constant conjunction is no part of it [Ducasse] |
| 8372 | We see what is in common between causes to assign names to them, not to perceive them [Ducasse] |
| 8369 | Causes are either sufficient, or necessary, or necessitated, or contingent upon [Ducasse] |
| 8373 | When a brick and a canary-song hit a window, we ignore the canary if we are interested in the breakage [Ducasse] |
| 8370 | A cause is a change which occurs close to the effect and just before it [Ducasse] |
| 8371 | Recurrence is only relevant to the meaning of law, not to the meaning of cause [Ducasse] |
| 8374 | We are interested in generalising about causes and effects purely for practical purposes [Ducasse] |
| 7602 | In the Bible God changes his mind (repenting of creating humanity, in the Flood) [Armstrong,K] |
| 7605 | Monotheism introduced intolerance into religious thinking [Armstrong,K] |
| 7599 | Around 800 BCE teachers superseded gods in India [Armstrong,K] |
| 7597 | There is virtually no sign of monotheism in the Pentateuch [Armstrong,K] |
| 7606 | The idea that Jesus was God was only settled in the fourth century [Armstrong,K] |
| 7596 | Faith is not just belief in propositions, but also putting trust in them [Armstrong,K] |