8 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
4779 | For Kim, events are exemplifications of properties by objects at particular times [Kim, by Psillos] |
14348 | An 'antidote' allows a manifestation to begin, but then blocks it [Corry] |
14347 | A 'finkish' disposition is one that is lost immediately after the appropriate stimulus [Corry] |
14350 | If a disposition is never instantiated, it shouldn't be part of our theory of nature [Corry] |
14351 | Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities [Corry] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
14346 | Dispositional essentialism says fundamental laws of nature are strict, not ceteris paribus [Corry] |