11 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
15567 | Some events involve no change; they must, because causal histories involve unchanges [Lewis] |
15561 | The events that suit semantics may not be the events that suit causation [Lewis] |
15565 | Events have inbuilt essences, as necessary conditions for their occurrence [Lewis] |
15566 | Events are classes, and so there is a mereology of their parts [Lewis] |
15564 | An event is a property of a unique space-time region [Lewis] |
15563 | Properties are very abundant (unlike universals), and are used for semantics and higher-order variables [Lewis] |
22363 | You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
15562 | Causation is a general relation derived from instances of causal dependence [Lewis] |
20644 | Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin] |