10 ideas
| 8568 | A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor] |
| 12354 | A 'categorial' property is had by virtue of being or having an item from a category [Wedin] |
| 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] |
| 12358 | Substance is a principle and a kind of cause [Wedin] |
| 12346 | Form explains why some matter is of a certain kind, and that is explanatory bedrock [Wedin] |
| 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] |