17 ideas
9390 | Logic guides thinking, but it isn't a substitute for it [Rumfitt] |
17486 | Supervenience is simply modally robust property co-variance [Hendry] |
9389 | Vague membership of sets is possible if the set is defined by its concept, not its members [Rumfitt] |
12177 | Human artefacts may have essences, in their purposes [Popper] |
17481 | Nuclear charge (plus laws) explains electron structure and spectrum, but not vice versa [Hendry] |
12176 | Science does not aim at ultimate explanations [Popper] |
17478 | Maybe two kinds are the same if there is no change of entropy on isothermal mixing [Hendry] |
12175 | Galilean science aimed at true essences, as the ultimate explanations [Popper] |
17484 | Maybe the nature of water is macroscopic, and not in the microstructure [Hendry] |
17479 | The nature of an element must survive chemical change, so it is the nucleus, not the electrons [Hendry] |
17485 | Maybe water is the smallest part of it that still counts as water (which is H2O molecules) [Hendry] |
12179 | Essentialist views of science prevent further questions from being raised [Popper] |
17482 | Compounds can differ with the same collection of atoms, so structure matters too [Hendry] |
17483 | Water continuously changes, with new groupings of molecules [Hendry] |
17476 | Elements survive chemical change, and are tracked to explain direction and properties [Hendry] |
17477 | Defining elements by atomic number allowed atoms of an element to have different masses [Hendry] |
17480 | Generally it is nuclear charge (not nuclear mass) which determines behaviour [Hendry] |