9 ideas
19440 | How do you know you have conceived a thing deeply enough to assess its possibility? [Vaidya] |
17488 | Empiricist theories are sets of laws, which give explanations and reductions [Glennan] |
17493 | Modern mechanism need parts with spatial, temporal and function facts, and diagrams [Glennan] |
17489 | Mechanisms are either systems of parts or sequences of activities [Glennan] |
17487 | Mechanistic philosophy of science is an alternative to the empiricist law-based tradition [Glennan] |
17490 | 17th century mechanists explained everything by the kinetic physical fundamentals [Glennan] |
17491 | Unlike the lawlike approach, mechanistic explanation can allow for exceptions [Glennan] |
5210 | We could know what a lion thinks by mapping both its brain patterns and its experiences [Douglas,A] |
17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |