11 ideas
| 6294 | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God [John] |
| 8821 | Jesus said he bore witness to the truth. Pilate asked, What is truth? [John] |
| 17488 | Empiricist theories are sets of laws, which give explanations and reductions [Glennan] |
| 17493 | Modern mechanism need parts with spatial, temporal and function facts, and diagrams [Glennan] |
| 17487 | Mechanistic philosophy of science is an alternative to the empiricist law-based tradition [Glennan] |
| 17489 | Mechanisms are either systems of parts or sequences of activities [Glennan] |
| 17490 | 17th century mechanists explained everything by the kinetic physical fundamentals [Glennan] |
| 17491 | Unlike the lawlike approach, mechanistic explanation can allow for exceptions [Glennan] |
| 1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |
| 5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |