Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Correia,F/Schnieder,B, L. Jonathan Cohen and Lord Kelvin (Wm Thomson)

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

17266

Using modal logic, philosophers tried to handle all metaphysics in modal terms [Correia/Schnieder]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

17263

Why do rationalists accept Sufficient Reason, when it denies the existence of fundamental facts? [Correia/Schnieder]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding

17270

Is existential dependence by grounding, or do grounding claims arise from existential dependence? [Correia/Schnieder]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / c. Grounding and explanation

17268

Grounding is metaphysical and explanation epistemic, so keep them apart [Correia/Schnieder]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

17267

The identity of two facts may depend on how 'fine-grained' we think facts are [Correia/Schnieder]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

22363

You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 3. Laws and Generalities

4800	Natural laws result from eliminative induction, where enumerative induction gives generalisations [Cohen,LJ, by Psillos]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / a. Energy

20644

Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin]