9 ideas
23367 | Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus] |
16052 | 'Superdupervenience' is supervenience that has a robustly materialistic explanation [Horgan,T] |
16053 | 'Global' supervenience is facts tracking varying physical facts in every possible world [Horgan,T] |
16056 | Don't just observe supervenience - explain it! [Horgan,T] |
16054 | Physicalism needs more than global supervenience on the physical [Horgan,T] |
16055 | Materialism requires that physics be causally complete [Horgan,T] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
16057 | Instrumentalism normally says some discourse is useful, but not genuinely true [Horgan,T] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |