12 ideas
8349 | The best way to do ontology is to make sense of our normal talk [Davidson] |
10196 | The Axiom of Choice needs a criterion of choice [Black] |
8348 | If we don't assume that events exist, we cannot make sense of our common talk [Davidson] |
10194 | Two things can only be distinguished by a distinct property or a distinct relation [Black] |
10193 | The 'property' of self-identity is uselessly tautological [Black] |
10195 | If the universe just held two indiscernibles spheres, that refutes the Identity of Indiscernibles [Black] |
8347 | Explanations typically relate statements, not events [Davidson] |
467 | A virtue is a combination of intelligence, strength and luck [Ion] |
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] |