8 ideas
21757 | Philosophy is the conceptual essence of the shape of history [Hegel] |
22179 | Explanatory facts also predict, and predictive facts also explain [Hempel, by Okasha] |
6755 | For Hempel, explanations are deductive-nomological or probabilistic-statistical [Hempel, by Bird] |
17083 | The covering-law model is for scientific explanation; historical explanation is quite different [Hempel] |
13052 | Hempel rejects causation as part of explanation [Hempel, by Salmon] |
16634 | I can't be unaware of anything which is in me [Descartes] |
3635 | Essence must be known before we discuss existence [Descartes] |
3634 | We can't prove a first cause from our inability to grasp infinity [Descartes] |