7 ideas
13230 | Particular essence is often captured by generality [Steiner,M] |
6027 | From the fact that some men die, we cannot infer that they all do [Philodemus] |
19000 | Read 'all ravens are black' as about ravens, not as about an implication [Belnap] |
17897 | Analytic explanation is wholes in terms of parts; synthetic is parts in terms of wholes or contexts [Belnap] |
13229 | Maybe an instance of a generalisation is more explanatory than the particular case [Steiner,M] |
13231 | Explanatory proofs rest on 'characterizing properties' of entities or structure [Steiner,M] |
22241 | Don't fear god or worry about death; the good is easily got and the terrible easily cured [Philodemus] |