11 ideas
| 19735 | Wisdom has a higher value than understanding, which has a higher value than knowledge [Greco] |
| 19734 | If value is practical, knowledge is no better than true opinion [Greco] |
| 19733 | Externalist theories don't explain why knowledge has value [Greco] |
| 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] |
| 21097 | Modern monarchies are (like republics) rule by law, rather than by men [Hume] |
| 17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |