13 ideas
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 21962 | Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes] |
| 3659 | I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes] |
| 3657 | Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes] |
| 17488 | Empiricist theories are sets of laws, which give explanations and reductions [Glennan] |
| 17493 | Modern mechanism need parts with spatial, temporal and function facts, and diagrams [Glennan] |
| 17487 | Mechanistic philosophy of science is an alternative to the empiricist law-based tradition [Glennan] |
| 17489 | Mechanisms are either systems of parts or sequences of activities [Glennan] |
| 17490 | 17th century mechanists explained everything by the kinetic physical fundamentals [Glennan] |
| 17491 | Unlike the lawlike approach, mechanistic explanation can allow for exceptions [Glennan] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
| 17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |
| 3660 | Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes] |