8 ideas
8431 | Problems with Goodman's view of counterfactuals led to a radical approach from Stalnaker and Lewis [Horwich] |
6231 | There is a self-determing power in each person, which makes them what they are [Cudworth] |
6613 | The natural kinds are objects, processes and properties/relations [Ellis] |
8432 | Analyse counterfactuals using causation, not the other way around [Horwich] |
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] |