Combining Texts

Ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Essays on Active Powers 4: Liberty of Agents' and 'Straw Dogs'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     choose another area for these texts

display all the ideas for this combination of texts

---

3 ideas

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction

23677

We all know that mere priority or constant conjunction do not have to imply causation [Reid]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

23679

The principle of the law of nature is that matter is passive, and is acted upon [Reid]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

15877

The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré]