8 ideas
8568 | A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor] |
16669 | Everything that exists is either a being, or some mode of a being [Malebranche] |
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] |
16629 | By comparing qualities and features, reason can gradually infer the nature of substance [Grosseteste] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |
12726 | In a true cause we see a necessary connection [Malebranche] |