13 ideas
| 17488 | Empiricist theories are sets of laws, which give explanations and reductions [Glennan] |
| 13195 | To explain a house we must describe its use, as well as its parts [Leibniz] |
| 17493 | Modern mechanism need parts with spatial, temporal and function facts, and diagrams [Glennan] |
| 17487 | Mechanistic philosophy of science is an alternative to the empiricist law-based tradition [Glennan] |
| 17489 | Mechanisms are either systems of parts or sequences of activities [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] |
| 13193 | Active force is not just potential for action, since it involves a real effort or striving [Leibniz] |
| 17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |
| 13194 | God's laws would be meaningless without internal powers for following them [Leibniz] |
| 17993 | Laws are relations of kinds, quantities and qualities, supervening on the essences of a domain [Vetter] |
| 13196 | All qualities of bodies reduce to forces [Leibniz] |
| 13192 | Power is passive force, which is mass, and active force, which is entelechy or form [Leibniz] |