11 ideas
23889 | Among the Greeks Aristotle is the only philosopher in the modern style [Weil] |
8368 | A correct definition is what can be substituted without loss of meaning [Ducasse] |
14296 | Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine] |
8367 | Causation is defined in terms of a single sequence, and constant conjunction is no part of it [Ducasse] |
8372 | We see what is in common between causes to assign names to them, not to perceive them [Ducasse] |
8369 | Causes are either sufficient, or necessary, or necessitated, or contingent upon [Ducasse] |
8373 | When a brick and a canary-song hit a window, we ignore the canary if we are interested in the breakage [Ducasse] |
8370 | A cause is a change which occurs close to the effect and just before it [Ducasse] |
8371 | Recurrence is only relevant to the meaning of law, not to the meaning of cause [Ducasse] |
8374 | We are interested in generalising about causes and effects purely for practical purposes [Ducasse] |
23892 | The only legitimate proof of God by order derives from beauty [Weil] |