12 ideas
21962 | Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes] |
8349 | The best way to do ontology is to make sense of our normal talk [Davidson] |
3659 | I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes] |
8348 | If we don't assume that events exist, we cannot make sense of our common talk [Davidson] |
3657 | Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes] |
8347 | Explanations typically relate statements, not events [Davidson] |
20239 | Unlike us, the early Greeks thought envy was a good thing, and hope a bad thing [Hesiod, by Nietzsche] |
10371 | Distinguish causation, which is in the world, from explanations, which depend on descriptions [Davidson, by Schaffer,J] |
8403 | Either facts, or highly unspecific events, serve better as causes than concrete events [Field,H on Davidson] |
8346 | Full descriptions can demonstrate sufficiency of cause, but not necessity [Davidson] |
4778 | A singular causal statement is true if it is held to fall under a law [Davidson, by Psillos] |
3660 | Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes] |