9 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
15148 | Powers give explanations, without being necessary for some class membership [Chakravartty] |
6019 | If someone squashed a horse to make a dog, something new would now exist [Mnesarchus] |
15145 | A kind essence is the necessary and sufficient properties for membership of a class [Chakravartty] |
15147 | Cluster kinds are explained simply by sharing some properties, not by an 'essence' [Chakravartty] |
15144 | Explanation of causal phenomena concerns essential kinds - but also lack of them [Chakravartty] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
15146 | Some kinds, such as electrons, have essences, but 'cluster kinds' do not [Chakravartty] |
15151 | Many causal laws do not refer to kinds, but only to properties [Chakravartty] |