7 ideas
4032 | The problem of universals is how many particulars can all be of the same 'type' [Armstrong] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
8404 | Explain single events by general rules, or vice versa, or probability explains both, or they are unconnected [Field,H] |
8401 | Physical laws are largely time-symmetric, so they make a poor basis for directional causation [Field,H] |
8400 | Identifying cause and effect is not just conventional; we explain later events by earlier ones [Field,H] |
8402 | The only reason for adding the notion of 'cause' to fundamental physics is directionality [Field,H] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |