11 ideas
| 9879 | NF has no models, but just blocks the comprehension axiom, to avoid contradictions [Quine, by Dummett] |
| 3916 | Hopi consistently prefers verbs and events to nouns and things [Whorf] |
| 17488 | Empiricist theories are sets of laws, which give explanations and reductions [Glennan] |
| 3917 | Scientific thought is essentially a specialised part of Indo-European languages [Whorf] |
| 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] |
| 17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |
| 3915 | The Hopi have no concept of time as something flowing from past to future [Whorf] |