7 ideas
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
17093 | Causation produces productive mechanisms; to understand the world, understand these mechanisms [Salmon] |
17492 | Salmon's interaction mechanisms needn't be regular, or involving any systems [Glennan on Salmon] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
5049 | Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz] |
5048 | Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz] |
5050 | Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz] |