18 ideas
8349 | The best way to do ontology is to make sense of our normal talk [Davidson] |
7548 | Classes, grouped by a convenient property, are logical constructions [Russell] |
8348 | If we don't assume that events exist, we cannot make sense of our common talk [Davidson] |
7545 | Visible things are physical and external, but only exist when viewed [Russell] |
7553 | Sense-data are purely physical [Russell] |
7549 | If my body literally lost its mind, the object seen when I see a flash would still exist [Russell] |
8347 | Explanations typically relate statements, not events [Davidson] |
7546 | A man is a succession of momentary men, bound by continuity and causation [Russell] |
7550 | We could probably, in principle, infer minds from brains, and brains from minds [Russell] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
10371 | Distinguish causation, which is in the world, from explanations, which depend on descriptions [Davidson, by Schaffer,J] |
8403 | Either facts, or highly unspecific events, serve better as causes than concrete events [Field,H on Davidson] |
8346 | Full descriptions can demonstrate sufficiency of cause, but not necessity [Davidson] |
4778 | A singular causal statement is true if it is held to fall under a law [Davidson, by Psillos] |
7547 | Matter requires a division into time-corpuscles as well as space-corpuscles [Russell] |
7551 | Matter is a logical construction [Russell] |
7552 | Six dimensions are needed for a particular, three within its own space, and three to locate that space [Russell] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |