12 ideas
18170 | The Axiom of Reducibility is self-effacing: if true, it isn't needed [Quine] |
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] |
23569 | The only just cause for a war is a wrong received [Vitoria] |
23601 | Leaders can only attack foreigners who have done wrong (as with their own subjects) [Vitoria] |
23566 | Princes should not justify a war to their subjects, and doing so would undermine the state [Vitoria] |
23576 | Sacking a city is lawful if it motivates the attacking troops [Vitoria] |
17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |