10 ideas
11003 | The best version of reductionist actualism around is Armstrong's combinatorial account [Armstrong, by Read] |
8329 | Either causal relations are given in experience, or they are unobserved and theoretical [Sosa/Tooley] |
5049 | Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz] |
8324 | The problem is to explain how causal laws and relations connect, and how they link to the world [Sosa/Tooley] |
8328 | Causation isn't energy transfer, because an electron is caused by previous temporal parts [Sosa/Tooley] |
8327 | If direction of causation is just direction of energy transfer, that seems to involve causation [Sosa/Tooley] |
8330 | Are causes sufficient for the event, or necessary, or both? [Sosa/Tooley] |
8325 | The dominant view is that causal laws are prior; a minority say causes can be explained singly [Sosa/Tooley] |
5048 | Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz] |
5050 | Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz] |