6 ideas
| 8386 | Events are picked out by descriptions, and facts by whole sentences [Crane] |
| 7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
| 21507 | Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel] |
| 3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
| 8387 | A cause has its effects in virtue of its properties [Crane] |
| 8384 | The regularity theory explains a causal event by other items than the two that are involved [Crane] |