6 ideas
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] |
10269 | Mathematics eliminates possibility, as being simultaneous actuality in sets [Putnam] |
15462 | Backtracking counterfactuals go from supposed events to their required causal antecedents [Lewis] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |