10 ideas
8658 | For there was never yet philosopher/ That could endure the toothache patiently [Shakespeare] |
8568 | A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor] |
8564 | There is obviously a possible predicate for every property [Mellor] |
15797 | All structures are dispositional, objects are dispositions sets, and events manifest dispositions [Fetzer] |
8566 | We need universals for causation and laws of nature; the latter give them their identity [Mellor] |
8565 | If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning [Mellor] |
15800 | All events and objects are dispositional, and hence all structural properties are dispositional [Fetzer] |
15798 | Kinds are arrangements of dispositions [Fetzer] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |
15799 | Lawlike sentences are general attributions of disposition to all members of some class [Fetzer] |