8 ideas
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
10365 | We might use 'facta' to refer to the truth-makers for facts [Mellor, by Schaffer,J] |
5829 | We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP] |
5830 | The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP] |
19590 | Empiricists are passive thinkers, given their philosophy by the external world and fate [Novalis] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
4785 | Causal statements relate facts (which are whatever true propositions express) [Mellor, by Psillos] |
8408 | Probabilistic causation says C is a cause of E if it increases the chances of E occurring [Mellor, by Tooley] |