10 ideas
17306 | If ground is transitive and irreflexive, it has a strict partial ordering, giving structure [Schaffer,J] |
17304 | As causation links across time, grounding links the world across levels [Schaffer,J] |
14361 | Lewis says indicative conditionals are truth-functional [Lewis, by Jackson] |
8434 | In good counterfactuals the consequent holds in world like ours except that the antecedent is true [Lewis, by Horwich] |
17308 | Explaining 'Adam ate the apple' depends on emphasis, and thus implies a contrast [Schaffer,J] |
17305 | I take what is fundamental to be the whole spatiotemporal manifold and its fields [Schaffer,J] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
17307 | Nowadays causation is usually understood in terms of equations and variable ranges [Schaffer,J] |
9419 | A law of nature is a general axiom of the deductive system that is best for simplicity and strength [Lewis] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |