7 ideas
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] |
12750 | The question is whether force is self-sufficient in bodies, and essential, or dependent on something [Lenfant] |
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] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |