13 ideas
18351 | Propositions are made true, in virtue of something which explains its truth [Lowe] |
18353 | Modes are beings that are related both to substances and to universals [Lowe] |
18352 | Tropes have existence independently of any entities [Lowe] |
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] |
17527 | Causation seems to be an innate concept (or acquired very early) [Bird] |
17528 | The dispositional account explains causation, as stimulation and manifestation of dispositions [Bird] |
17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |
17526 | The counterfactual approach makes no distinction between cause and pre-condition [Bird] |