8 ideas
21753 | If we look at the world rationally, the world assumes a rational aspect [Hegel] |
21974 | The world seems rational to those who look at it rationally [Hegel] |
16978 | If conceivability is a priori coherence, that implies possibility [Tahko] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
16975 | Essences are used to explain natural kinds, modality, and causal powers [Tahko] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
16976 | Scientific essentialists tend to characterise essence in terms of modality (not vice versa) [Tahko] |
16977 | If essence is modal and laws are necessary, essentialist knowledge is found by scientists [Tahko] |