13 ideas
13407 | All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience [Papineau] |
18170 | The Axiom of Reducibility is self-effacing: if true, it isn't needed [Quine] |
13409 | Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau] |
13406 | A priori knowledge is analytic - the structure of our concepts - and hence unimportant [Papineau] |
13408 | Intuition and thought-experiments embody substantial information about the world [Papineau] |
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] |
13410 | Verificationism about concepts means you can't deny a theory, because you can't have the concept [Papineau] |
17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |