6 ideas
17619 | We renounce all abstract entities [Goodman/Quine] |
594 | Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list [Speussipus, by Aristotle] |
12314 | Audience-relative explanation, or metaphysical explanation based on information? [Stanford] |
12313 | Explanation is for curiosity, control, understanding, to make meaningful, or to give authority [Stanford] |
12315 | We can explain by showing constitution, as well as showing causes [Stanford] |
2632 | Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods [Speussipus, by Cicero] |