7 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
14305 | In the truth-functional account a burnt-up match was soluble because it never entered water [Carnap] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
8404 | Explain single events by general rules, or vice versa, or probability explains both, or they are unconnected [Field,H] |
8401 | Physical laws are largely time-symmetric, so they make a poor basis for directional causation [Field,H] |
8400 | Identifying cause and effect is not just conventional; we explain later events by earlier ones [Field,H] |
8402 | The only reason for adding the notion of 'cause' to fundamental physics is directionality [Field,H] |