11 ideas
13197 | The notion of substance is one of the keys to true philosophy [Leibniz] |
8443 | Mereological essentialism says an entity must have exactly those parts [Sosa] |
8430 | Causal statements are used to explain, to predict, to control, to attribute responsibility, and in theories [Kim] |
8442 | What law would explain causation in the case of causing a table to come into existence? [Sosa] |
8396 | Many counterfactuals have nothing to do with causation [Kim, by Tooley] |
8429 | Counterfactuals can express four other relations between events, apart from causation [Kim] |
8428 | Causation is not the only dependency relation expressed by counterfactuals [Kim] |
8445 | The necessitated is not always a result or consequence of the necessitator [Sosa] |
8444 | Where is the necessary causation in the three people being tall making everybody tall? [Sosa] |
13198 | Gravity is within matter because of its structure, and it can be explained. [Leibniz] |
4781 | Many counterfactual truths do not imply causation ('if yesterday wasn't Monday, it isn't Tuesday') [Kim, by Psillos] |