10 ideas
18699 | Carnap tried to define all scientific predicates in terms of primitive relations, using type theory [Carnap, by Button] |
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] |
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] |
12131 | All concepts can be derived from a few basics, making possible one science of everything [Carnap, by Brody] |
4422 | The end need not be the goal, as in the playing of a melody (and yet it must be completed) [Nietzsche] |
17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |