8 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] |
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] |
16625 | In hylomorphism all the explanation of actions is in the form, and the matter doesn't do anything [Bacon] |
7825 | The politics of Leibniz was the reunification of Christianity [Stewart,M] |
16624 | Stripped and passive matter is just a human invention [Bacon] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |