11 ideas
10365 | We might use 'facta' to refer to the truth-makers for facts [Mellor, by Schaffer,J] |
8361 | What is true used to be possible, but it may no longer be so [Wright,GHv] |
19087 | The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce] |
8363 | p is a cause and q an effect (not vice versa) if manipulations of p change q [Wright,GHv] |
8364 | We can imagine controlling floods by controlling rain, but not vice versa [Wright,GHv] |
8366 | The very notion of a cause depends on agency and action [Wright,GHv] |
8362 | We give regularities a causal character by subjecting them to experiment [Wright,GHv] |
4785 | Causal statements relate facts (which are whatever true propositions express) [Mellor, by Psillos] |
8360 | We must further analyse conditions for causation, into quantifiers or modal concepts [Wright,GHv] |
8408 | Probabilistic causation says C is a cause of E if it increases the chances of E occurring [Mellor, by Tooley] |
8365 | Some laws are causal (Ohm's Law), but others are conceptual principles (conservation of energy) [Wright,GHv] |