Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Anaxarchus, Susan A. Gelman and Keith T. Maslin
expand these ideas
|
start again
|
choose
another area for these philosophers
display all the ideas for this combination of philosophers
9 ideas
26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 3. Knowing Kinds
|
15693
|
One sample of gold is enough, but one tree doesn't give the height of trees [Gelman]
|
26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 5. Reference to Natural Kinds
|
15701
|
Nouns seem to invoke stable kinds more than predicates do [Gelman]
|
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation
|
3528
|
Causality may require that a law is being followed [Maslin]
|
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 7. Strictness of Laws
|
3525
|
Strict laws make causation logically necessary [Maslin]
|
|
3527
|
Strict laws allow no exceptions and are part of a closed system [Maslin]
|
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
|
15702
|
Essentialism doesn't mean we know the essences [Gelman]
|
|
15705
|
Essentialism encourages us to think about the world scientifically [Gelman]
|
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences
|
15704
|
Essentialism starts from richly structured categories, leading to a search for underlying properties [Gelman]
|
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism
|
15706
|
A major objection to real essences is the essentialising of social categories like race, caste and occupation [Gelman]
|