13 ideas
| 10365 | We might use 'facta' to refer to the truth-makers for facts [Mellor, by Schaffer,J] |
| 21110 | An understanding of the most basic physics should explain all of the subject's mysteries [Krauss] |
| 21105 | In 1676 it was discovered that water is teeming with life [Krauss] |
| 12155 | Statements of 'relative identity' are really statements of resemblance [Perry] |
| 4785 | Causal statements relate facts (which are whatever true propositions express) [Mellor, by Psillos] |
| 8408 | Probabilistic causation says C is a cause of E if it increases the chances of E occurring [Mellor, by Tooley] |
| 21109 | Space itself can expand (and separate its contents) at faster than light speeds [Krauss] |
| 21104 | General Relativity: the density of energy and matter determines curvature and gravity [Krauss] |
| 21107 | Uncertainty says that energy can be very high over very short time periods [Krauss] |
| 21106 | Most of the mass of a proton is the energy in virtual particles (rather than the quarks) [Krauss] |
| 21112 | Empty space contains a continual flux of brief virtual particles [Krauss] |
| 21108 | The universe is precisely 13.72 billion years old [Krauss] |
| 21111 | It seems likely that cosmic inflation is eternal, and this would make a multiverse inevitable [Krauss] |