7 ideas
| 12729 | The cause of a change is not the real influence, but whatever gives a reason for the change [Leibniz] |
| 6613 | The natural kinds are objects, processes and properties/relations [Ellis] |
| 5467 | Euler said nature is instrinsically passive, and minds cause change [Euler, by Ellis] |
| 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] |