7 ideas
8568 | A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor] |
14933 | Scientific properties are defined by the laws that embody them [Psillos, by Ladyman/Ross] |
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] |
3102 | Why don't we experience or remember going to sleep at night? [Magee] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |