9 ideas
8568 | A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor] |
8564 | There is obviously a possible predicate for every property [Mellor] |
8566 | We need universals for causation and laws of nature; the latter give them their identity [Mellor] |
17945 | Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas] |
17946 | Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas] |
8565 | If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning [Mellor] |
17944 | 'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas] |
21240 | The truth about events always comes from the oppressed and disadvantaged [Sartre, by Bakewell] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |