18 ideas
8349 | The best way to do ontology is to make sense of our normal talk [Davidson] |
8348 | If we don't assume that events exist, we cannot make sense of our common talk [Davidson] |
8347 | Explanations typically relate statements, not events [Davidson] |
22809 | The social contract sees society as constituted by and for individuals [Taylor,C] |
22811 | Assigning a right based on a human capacity implies that the capacity should be developed [Taylor,C] |
22815 | If freedom depends on society and culture, the greatest freedom is in shaping them [Taylor,C] |
22814 | Our reliance on other people close to us does not imply any political obligations [Taylor,C] |
22812 | For most people the primacy of rights mainly concerns freedom [Taylor,C] |
22810 | A right is not just a rule, but also asserts certain ideas of moral worth [Taylor,C] |
22813 | Property is not essential for life, but it may be essential for independence [Taylor,C] |
23417 | If the state is neutral, there won't be sufficient community to support a welfare state [Taylor,C, by Kymlicka] |
10371 | Distinguish causation, which is in the world, from explanations, which depend on descriptions [Davidson, by Schaffer,J] |
8412 | A causal interaction is when two processes intersect, and correlated modifications persist afterwards [Salmon] |
8413 | Cause must come first in propagations of causal interactions, but interactions are simultaneous [Salmon] |
8411 | Instead of localised events, I take enduring and extended processes as basic to causation [Salmon] |
8403 | Either facts, or highly unspecific events, serve better as causes than concrete events [Field,H on Davidson] |
8346 | Full descriptions can demonstrate sufficiency of cause, but not necessity [Davidson] |
4778 | A singular causal statement is true if it is held to fall under a law [Davidson, by Psillos] |