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] |
4442 | Most thinkers now reject self-predication (whiteness is NOT white) so there is no Third Man problem [Armstrong] |
8565 | If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning [Mellor] |
3284 | There is no one theory of how to act (or what to believe) [Nagel] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |