6 ideas
| 23249 | The early philosophers thought that reason has its own needs and desires [Frede,M] |
| 10800 | The values of variables can't determine existence, because they are just expressions [Ryle, by Quine] |
| 8404 | Explain single events by general rules, or vice versa, or probability explains both, or they are unconnected [Field,H] |
| 8401 | Physical laws are largely time-symmetric, so they make a poor basis for directional causation [Field,H] |
| 8400 | Identifying cause and effect is not just conventional; we explain later events by earlier ones [Field,H] |
| 8402 | The only reason for adding the notion of 'cause' to fundamental physics is directionality [Field,H] |