8 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] |
8565 | If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning [Mellor] |
8066 | Butler exalts conscience, but it may be horribly misleading [Anscombe on Butler] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |