7 ideas
6782 | Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam] |
7491 | The phases of human thought are theological, then metaphysical, then positivist [Comte, by Watson] |
22181 | Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha] |
15464 | The distinction between dispositional and 'categorical' properties leads to confusion [Lewis] |
15463 | All dispositions must have causal bases [Lewis] |
15461 | A 'finkish' disposition is real, but disappears when the stimulus occurs [Lewis] |
15462 | Backtracking counterfactuals go from supposed events to their required causal antecedents [Lewis] |