8 ideas
21855 | Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord] |
10304 | Very few things in set theory remain valid in intuitionist mathematics [Bernays] |
10303 | Restricted Platonism is just an ideal projection of a domain of thought [Bernays] |
10306 | Mathematical abstraction just goes in a different direction from logic [Bernays] |
21866 | Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord] |
14586 | Physical causation consists in transference of conserved quantities [Dowe, by Mumford/Anjum] |
4787 | Causation interaction is an exchange of conserved quantities, such as mass, energy or charge [Dowe, by Psillos] |
4788 | Dowe commends the Conserved Quantity theory as it avoids mention of counterfactuals [Dowe, by Psillos] |