7 ideas
8568 | A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor] |
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] |
14644 | If my conception of pain derives from me, it is a contradiction to speak of another's pain [Malcolm] |
20948 | Human cultures are organisms which grow, and then fade and die [Spengler, by Bowie] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |