11 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
4742 | Correspondence may be one-many or many one, as when either p or q make 'p or q' true [Armstrong] |
9497 | Without modality, Armstrong falls back on fictionalism to support counterfactual laws [Bird on Armstrong] |
15550 | Properties are contingently existing beings with multiple locations in space and time [Armstrong, by Lewis] |
12177 | Human artefacts may have essences, in their purposes [Popper] |
4743 | The truth-maker for a truth must necessitate that truth [Armstrong] |
12176 | Science does not aim at ultimate explanations [Popper] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
4798 | In recent writings, Armstrong makes a direct identification of necessitation with causation [Armstrong, by Psillos] |
12175 | Galilean science aimed at true essences, as the ultimate explanations [Popper] |
12179 | Essentialist views of science prevent further questions from being raised [Popper] |