12 ideas
17990 | Instances of minimal truth miss out propositions inexpressible in current English [Hofweber] |
17988 | Quantification can't all be substitutional; some reference is obviously to objects [Hofweber] |
10855 | Actual infinities are not allowed in mathematics - only limits which may increase without bound [Gauss] |
17989 | Since properties have properties, there can be a typed or a type-free theory of them [Hofweber] |
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] |
17991 | Holism says language can't be translated; the expressibility hypothesis says everything can [Hofweber] |
17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |