10 ideas
| 15127 | A categorical basis could hardly explain a disposition if it had no powers of its own [Hawthorne] |
| 15123 | Is the causal profile of a property its essence? [Hawthorne] |
| 15122 | Could two different properties have the same causal profile? [Hawthorne] |
| 15124 | If properties are more than their powers, we could have two properties with the same power [Hawthorne] |
| 15128 | We can treat the structure/form of the world differently from the nodes/matter of the world [Hawthorne] |
| 15121 | An individual essence is a necessary and sufficient profile for a thing [Hawthorne] |
| 16706 | Generation is when local motions aggregate to become a single subject [Nicholas of Autrecourt] |
| 15126 | Maybe scientific causation is just generalisation about the patterns [Hawthorne] |
| 5467 | Euler said nature is instrinsically passive, and minds cause change [Euler, by Ellis] |
| 15125 | We only know the mathematical laws, but not much else [Hawthorne] |