10 ideas
19395 | Philosophy is sanctified, because it flows from God [Leibniz] |
19394 | Inequality can be brought infinitely close to equality [Leibniz] |
17488 | Empiricist theories are sets of laws, which give explanations and reductions [Glennan] |
17493 | Modern mechanism need parts with spatial, temporal and function facts, and diagrams [Glennan] |
17487 | Mechanistic philosophy of science is an alternative to the empiricist law-based tradition [Glennan] |
17489 | Mechanisms are either systems of parts or sequences of activities [Glennan] |
17490 | 17th century mechanists explained everything by the kinetic physical fundamentals [Glennan] |
17491 | Unlike the lawlike approach, mechanistic explanation can allow for exceptions [Glennan] |
16764 | The soul conserves the body, as we see by its dissolution when the soul leaves [Toletus] |
17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |