13 ideas
| 18351 | Propositions are made true, in virtue of something which explains its truth [Lowe] |
| 16659 | Relations do not add anything to reality, though they are real aspects of the world [Olivi] |
| 18353 | Modes are beings that are related both to substances and to universals [Lowe] |
| 18352 | Tropes have existence independently of any entities [Lowe] |
| 16673 | Quantity just adds union and location to the extension of parts [Olivi] |
| 17488 | Empiricist theories are sets of laws, which give explanations and reductions [Glennan] |
| 17493 | Modern mechanism need parts with spatial, temporal and function facts, and diagrams [Glennan] |
| 17487 | Mechanistic philosophy of science is an alternative to the empiricist law-based tradition [Glennan] |
| 17489 | Mechanisms are either systems of parts or sequences of activities [Glennan] |
| 17490 | 17th century mechanists explained everything by the kinetic physical fundamentals [Glennan] |
| 17491 | Unlike the lawlike approach, mechanistic explanation can allow for exceptions [Glennan] |
| 17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |
| 16663 | Things are limited by the species to certain modes of being [Olivi] |