6 ideas
14361 | Lewis says indicative conditionals are truth-functional [Lewis, by Jackson] |
8434 | In good counterfactuals the consequent holds in world like ours except that the antecedent is true [Lewis, by Horwich] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
23222 | A soul with physical extension is more likely than an immaterial soul that moves bodies [Elizabeth] |
9419 | A law of nature is a general axiom of the deductive system that is best for simplicity and strength [Lewis] |