8 ideas
12177 | Human artefacts may have essences, in their purposes [Popper] |
22518 | The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle] |
12176 | Science does not aim at ultimate explanations [Popper] |
16566 | Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle] |
8416 | Reductionists can't explain accidents, uninstantiated laws, probabilities, or the existence of any laws [Tooley] |
8418 | Quantum physics suggests that the basic laws of nature are probabilistic [Tooley] |
12175 | Galilean science aimed at true essences, as the ultimate explanations [Popper] |
12179 | Essentialist views of science prevent further questions from being raised [Popper] |