9 ideas
15464 | The distinction between dispositional and 'categorical' properties leads to confusion [Lewis] |
15463 | All dispositions must have causal bases [Lewis] |
15461 | A 'finkish' disposition is real, but disappears when the stimulus occurs [Lewis] |
15462 | Backtracking counterfactuals go from supposed events to their required causal antecedents [Lewis] |
14802 | Physical and psychical laws of mind are either independent, or derived in one or other direction [Peirce] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
14800 | The world is full of variety, but laws seem to produce uniformity [Peirce] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |
14801 | Darwinian evolution is chance, with the destruction of bad results [Peirce] |