12 ideas
20183 | So-called 'though experiments' are just philosophers observing features of the world [Cappelen] |
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] |
20182 | The word 'intuitive' often plays not role at all in arguments, and can be removed [Cappelen] |
6613 | The natural kinds are objects, processes and properties/relations [Ellis] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |
6616 | Least action is not a causal law, but a 'global law', describing a global essence [Ellis] |
6615 | A species requires a genus, and its essence includes the essence of the genus [Ellis] |
6614 | A hierarchy of natural kinds is elaborate ontology, but needed to explain natural laws [Ellis] |
6612 | Without general principles, we couldn't predict the behaviour of dispositional properties [Ellis] |