8 ideas
7855 | Some suggest that materialism is empty, because 'physical' cannot be properly characterized [Mellor/Crane, by Papineau] |
14296 | Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine] |
6120 | Causation depends on intrinsic properties [Mellor/Crane] |
14802 | Physical and psychical laws of mind are either independent, or derived in one or other direction [Peirce] |
6121 | There are many psychophysicals laws - about the effects of sweets, colours and soft cushions [Mellor/Crane] |
6122 | No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane] |
14800 | The world is full of variety, but laws seem to produce uniformity [Peirce] |
14801 | Darwinian evolution is chance, with the destruction of bad results [Peirce] |