11 ideas
| 19053 | Logic would be more natural if negation only referred to predicates [Dummett] |
| 19052 | Natural language 'not' doesn't apply to sentences [Dummett] |
| 17304 | As causation links across time, grounding links the world across levels [Schaffer,J] |
| 17306 | If ground is transitive and irreflexive, it has a strict partial ordering, giving structure [Schaffer,J] |
| 16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
| 17308 | Explaining 'Adam ate the apple' depends on emphasis, and thus implies a contrast [Schaffer,J] |
| 16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
| 17305 | I take what is fundamental to be the whole spatiotemporal manifold and its fields [Schaffer,J] |
| 16593 | Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi] |
| 16729 | How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi] |
| 17307 | Nowadays causation is usually understood in terms of equations and variable ranges [Schaffer,J] |