6 ideas
9103 | A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
9104 | A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham] |
8412 | A causal interaction is when two processes intersect, and correlated modifications persist afterwards [Salmon] |
8413 | Cause must come first in propagations of causal interactions, but interactions are simultaneous [Salmon] |
8411 | Instead of localised events, I take enduring and extended processes as basic to causation [Salmon] |