11 ideas
8368 | A correct definition is what can be substituted without loss of meaning [Ducasse] |
16705 | Whiteness isn't created in an alteration, because it is just this-being-white [Oresme] |
20945 | Belief is no more rational than is tasting and smelling [Hamann] |
8367 | Causation is defined in terms of a single sequence, and constant conjunction is no part of it [Ducasse] |
8372 | We see what is in common between causes to assign names to them, not to perceive them [Ducasse] |
8369 | Causes are either sufficient, or necessary, or necessitated, or contingent upon [Ducasse] |
8373 | When a brick and a canary-song hit a window, we ignore the canary if we are interested in the breakage [Ducasse] |
8370 | A cause is a change which occurs close to the effect and just before it [Ducasse] |
8371 | Recurrence is only relevant to the meaning of law, not to the meaning of cause [Ducasse] |
8374 | We are interested in generalising about causes and effects purely for practical purposes [Ducasse] |
7666 | God is not a mathematician, but a poet [Hamann, by Berlin] |