11 ideas
21855 | Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord] |
9390 | Logic guides thinking, but it isn't a substitute for it [Rumfitt] |
15567 | Some events involve no change; they must, because causal histories involve unchanges [Lewis] |
15561 | The events that suit semantics may not be the events that suit causation [Lewis] |
15565 | Events have inbuilt essences, as necessary conditions for their occurrence [Lewis] |
15566 | Events are classes, and so there is a mereology of their parts [Lewis] |
15564 | An event is a property of a unique space-time region [Lewis] |
15563 | Properties are very abundant (unlike universals), and are used for semantics and higher-order variables [Lewis] |
9389 | Vague membership of sets is possible if the set is defined by its concept, not its members [Rumfitt] |
21866 | Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord] |
15562 | Causation is a general relation derived from instances of causal dependence [Lewis] |