11 ideas
22626 | Process philosophy insists that processes are not inferior in being to substances [Rescher] |
15148 | Powers give explanations, without being necessary for some class membership [Chakravartty] |
10650 | In the military, persons are parts of parts of large units, but not parts of those large units [Rescher] |
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] |
15144 | Explanation of causal phenomena concerns essential kinds - but also lack of them [Chakravartty] |
20761 | If existence is absurd it can never have a meaning [Beauvoir] |
20746 | One is not born, but rather becomes a woman [Beauvoir] |
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] |
20365 | We only see points in motion, and thereby infer movement [Rescher] |