8 ideas
6409 | The 'simple theory of types' distinguishes levels among properties [Ramsey, by Grayling] |
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] |
8565 | If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning [Mellor] |
3212 | Beliefs are maps by which we steer [Ramsey] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |
7482 | Resurrection developed in Judaism as a response to martyrdoms, in about 160 BCE [Anon (Dan), by Watson] |