8 ideas
8568 | A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor] |
8564 | There is obviously a possible predicate for every property [Mellor] |
15034 | Are genera and species real or conceptual? bodies or incorporeal? in sensibles or separate from them? [Porphyry] |
8566 | We need universals for causation and laws of nature; the latter give them their identity [Mellor] |
8565 | If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning [Mellor] |
12712 | Substance is that which can act [Leibniz] |
12737 | Nature can be fully explained by final causes alone, or by efficient causes alone [Leibniz] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |