8 ideas
8460 | Philosophers have given precise senses to deduction, probability, computability etc [Quine/Ullian] |
17304 | As causation links across time, grounding links the world across levels [Schaffer,J] |
17306 | If ground is transitive and irreflexive, it has a strict partial ordering, giving structure [Schaffer,J] |
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] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |