8 ideas
21855 | Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord] |
10365 | We might use 'facta' to refer to the truth-makers for facts [Mellor, by Schaffer,J] |
17527 | Causation seems to be an innate concept (or acquired very early) [Bird] |
21866 | Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord] |
17528 | The dispositional account explains causation, as stimulation and manifestation of dispositions [Bird] |
4785 | Causal statements relate facts (which are whatever true propositions express) [Mellor, by Psillos] |
8408 | Probabilistic causation says C is a cause of E if it increases the chances of E occurring [Mellor, by Tooley] |
17526 | The counterfactual approach makes no distinction between cause and pre-condition [Bird] |