12 ideas
16664 | Everything that exists is either a substance or an accident [Albert of Saxony] |
16703 | God could make a successive thing so that previous parts cease to exist [Albert of Saxony] |
16699 | Successive entities just need parts to succeed one another, without their existence [Albert of Saxony] |
3061 | Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius] |
17499 | Theoretical models can represent, by mapping onto the data-models [Portides] |
17498 | In the 'received view' models are formal; the 'semantic view' emphasises representation [Portides, by PG] |
17501 | Representational success in models depends on success of their explanations [Portides] |
17502 | The best model of the atomic nucleus is the one which explains the most results [Portides] |
17496 | 'Model' belongs in a family of concepts, with representation, idealisation and abstraction [Portides] |
17497 | Models are theory-driven, or phenomenological (more empirical and specific) [Portides] |
17500 | General theories may be too abstract to actually explain the mechanisms [Portides] |
16570 | Elements are found last in dismantling bodies, and first in generating them [Albert of Saxony] |