13 ideas
| 9329 | Justification is coherence with a background system; if irrefutable, it is knowledge [Lehrer] |
| 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] |
| 9330 | Generalization seems to be more fundamental to minds than spotting similarities [Lehrer] |
| 1394 | Can the mental elements of a 'bundle' exist on their own? [Carruthers] |
| 1395 | Why would a thought be a member of one bundle rather than another? [Carruthers] |
| 9328 | All conscious states can be immediately known when attention is directed to them [Lehrer] |
| 1396 | We identify persons before identifying conscious states [Carruthers] |
| 17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |