13 ideas
8349 | The best way to do ontology is to make sense of our normal talk [Davidson] |
19400 | Possibles demand existence, so as many of them as possible must actually exist [Leibniz] |
19401 | God's sufficient reason for choosing reality is in the fitness or perfection of possibilities [Leibniz] |
8348 | If we don't assume that events exist, we cannot make sense of our common talk [Davidson] |
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
19402 | The actual universe is the richest composite of what is possible [Leibniz] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
8347 | Explanations typically relate statements, not events [Davidson] |
10371 | Distinguish causation, which is in the world, from explanations, which depend on descriptions [Davidson, by Schaffer,J] |
8403 | Either facts, or highly unspecific events, serve better as causes than concrete events [Field,H on Davidson] |
8346 | Full descriptions can demonstrate sufficiency of cause, but not necessity [Davidson] |
4778 | A singular causal statement is true if it is held to fall under a law [Davidson, by Psillos] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |