12 ideas
19086 | Does the pragmatic theory of meaning support objective truth, or make it impossible? [Macbeth] |
19093 | Greek mathematics is wholly sensory, where ours is wholly inferential [Macbeth] |
19699 | A Gettier case is a belief which is true, and its fallible justification involves some luck [Hetherington] |
19091 | Seeing reality mathematically makes it an object of thought, not of experience [Macbeth] |
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] |
17489 | Mechanisms are either systems of parts or sequences of activities [Glennan] |
17487 | Mechanistic philosophy of science is an alternative to the empiricist law-based tradition [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] |
19088 | For pragmatists a concept means its consequences [Macbeth] |
17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |