11 ideas
| 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] |
| 20887 | A rape disregards the status of being a person - but so does all assault [Foa] |
| 20888 | Rape of children is dreadful, but no one thinks children should have a right of consent [Foa] |
| 20889 | If men should lust and women shouldn't, that makes rape the prevalent sexual model [Foa] |
| 17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |
| 8592 | Empty space is measurable in ways in which empty time necessarily is not [Bennett, by Shoemaker] |