9 ideas
9182 | Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett] |
3663 | How can you contemplate Platonic entities without causal transactions with them? [Putnam] |
8329 | Either causal relations are given in experience, or they are unobserved and theoretical [Sosa/Tooley] |
9181 | The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett] |
8324 | The problem is to explain how causal laws and relations connect, and how they link to the world [Sosa/Tooley] |
8328 | Causation isn't energy transfer, because an electron is caused by previous temporal parts [Sosa/Tooley] |
8327 | If direction of causation is just direction of energy transfer, that seems to involve causation [Sosa/Tooley] |
8330 | Are causes sufficient for the event, or necessary, or both? [Sosa/Tooley] |
8325 | The dominant view is that causal laws are prior; a minority say causes can be explained singly [Sosa/Tooley] |