12 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] |
14348 | An 'antidote' allows a manifestation to begin, but then blocks it [Corry] |
14347 | A 'finkish' disposition is one that is lost immediately after the appropriate stimulus [Corry] |
14350 | If a disposition is never instantiated, it shouldn't be part of our theory of nature [Corry] |
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] |
14351 | Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities [Corry] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |
14346 | Dispositional essentialism says fundamental laws of nature are strict, not ceteris paribus [Corry] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |