6 ideas
13230 | Particular essence is often captured by generality [Steiner,M] |
579 | Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
578 | Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
13229 | Maybe an instance of a generalisation is more explanatory than the particular case [Steiner,M] |
15308 | Science is the reduction of diverse forces and powers to a smaller number that explain them [Kant] |
13231 | Explanatory proofs rest on 'characterizing properties' of entities or structure [Steiner,M] |