11 ideas
| 21852 | Nomads are the basis of history, and yet almost unknowable [Deleuze] |
| 23283 | Necessity implies possibility, but in experience it matters which comes first [Williams,B] |
| 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] |
| 21853 | We are currently extending capitalism to the whole of society [Deleuze] |
| 21851 | The State requires self-preservation, but the war-machine desires destruction [Deleuze] |
| 17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |