13 ideas
| 12430 | Classical logic is our preconditions for assessing empirical evidence [Kitcher] |
| 12431 | I believe classical logic because I was taught it and use it, but it could be undermined [Kitcher] |
| 12428 | Many necessities are inexpressible, and unknowable a priori [Kitcher] |
| 12429 | Knowing our own existence is a priori, but not necessary [Kitcher] |
| 17488 | Empiricist theories are sets of laws, which give explanations and reductions [Glennan] |
| 17493 | Modern mechanism need parts with spatial, temporal and function facts, and diagrams [Glennan] |
| 17487 | Mechanistic philosophy of science is an alternative to the empiricist law-based tradition [Glennan] |
| 17489 | Mechanisms are either systems of parts or sequences of activities [Glennan] |
| 17490 | 17th century mechanists explained everything by the kinetic physical fundamentals [Glennan] |
| 17491 | Unlike the lawlike approach, mechanistic explanation can allow for exceptions [Glennan] |
| 1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |
| 5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |