10 ideas
8349 | The best way to do ontology is to make sense of our normal talk [Davidson] |
22293 | Hilbert said (to block paradoxes) that mathematical existence is entailed by consistency [Hilbert, by Potter] |
16007 | I assume existence, rather than reasoning towards it [Kierkegaard] |
8348 | If we don't assume that events exist, we cannot make sense of our common talk [Davidson] |
16013 | Nothing necessary can come into existence, since it already 'is' [Kierkegaard] |
8347 | Explanations typically relate statements, not events [Davidson] |
10371 | Distinguish causation, which is in the world, from explanations, which depend on descriptions [Davidson, by Schaffer,J] |
8403 | Either facts, or highly unspecific events, serve better as causes than concrete events [Field,H on Davidson] |
8346 | Full descriptions can demonstrate sufficiency of cause, but not necessity [Davidson] |
4778 | A singular causal statement is true if it is held to fall under a law [Davidson, by Psillos] |