9 ideas
16740 | A power is not a cause, but an aptitude for a cause [Zabarella] |
8329 | Either causal relations are given in experience, or they are unobserved and theoretical [Sosa/Tooley] |
22086 | The most important aspect of a human being is not reason, but passion [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle] |
16571 | Prime matter is exceptionally obscure [Zabarella] |
8324 | The problem is to explain how causal laws and relations connect, and how they link to the world [Sosa/Tooley] |
8328 | Causation isn't energy transfer, because an electron is caused by previous temporal parts [Sosa/Tooley] |
8327 | If direction of causation is just direction of energy transfer, that seems to involve causation [Sosa/Tooley] |
8330 | Are causes sufficient for the event, or necessary, or both? [Sosa/Tooley] |
8325 | The dominant view is that causal laws are prior; a minority say causes can be explained singly [Sosa/Tooley] |