12 ideas
18528 | The single imagined 'interval' between things only exists in the intellect [Auriol] |
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] |
2596 | Maybe mind and body are parallel, like two good clocks [Leibniz] |
16589 | Prime matter lacks essence, but is only potentially and indeterminately a physical thing [Auriol] |
17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |
16651 | God can do anything non-contradictory, as making straightness with no line, or lightness with no parts [Auriol] |
2595 | If the universe is a perfect agreement of uncommunicating substances, there must be a common source [Leibniz] |